Arden Landfill

Arden Landfill is the big burial site a few miles outside Washington, PA, used by folks getting rid of large household cleanouts and by haulers dropping commercial loads. It's the place trash actually gets buried rather than just transferred, and people come from around the county for bulky or heavy loads.

Drive up Rangos Lane and you'll pass a small entrance booth and a scale - trucks stop to be weighed, so plan for a short pause on the way in and again on the way out. The site feels industrial: gravel roads, rows of covered cells or berms, and heavy equipment moving around. Vehicles are directed by signs and simple traffic lanes; pull up to the booth, they'll point to a tipping area, then follow the ramp to dump and head back to the scale. Traffic builds on weekends and during spring cleanup, so wait times can get long when everyone in the area is clearing out junk.