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A Flying J Travel Center in Columbia that doubles as a place locals stop to dump household and yard rubbish. Truck drivers and residents with pickup loads use this spot; it’s a working, somewhat industrial stretch of Fairfield Road near the highway. The site looks like a travel plaza with a clearly marked entrance for disposal traffic.
Drive in slowly and look for a small entrance booth and a scale-vehicles often pause there before proceeding. Pull-up lanes lead to open bays and rolling containers on a paved pad; larger rigs and trailers have room to maneuver but tight turns can feel snug. Expect to make a second stop on the way out if the scale is used for charging by weight. The whole site smells like diesel and trash on busy days and can get noisy with forklifts and compactors running.
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Before You Go
- Bring gloves and a tarp; bins and edges can be sharp and loose trash blows around on windy days.
- Try to avoid weekend mornings when local cleanup and contractor traffic peak - lines form quickly.
- Have material secured and separated as much as possible in the truck bed to speed unloading and avoid multiple trips around the site.
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