Dekalb County Landfill & Trash

Dekalb County Landfill & Trash is the county landfill out on Blue Springs Road that locals use when stuff needs to be buried rather than recycled or dropped at a convenience center. People from Smithville and nearby parts of Dekalb County haul household cleanouts, construction debris, and commercial loads here when they need a final-destination facility.

This is a working landfill - expect a big open site with piles of cover dirt and compacted berms; it’s not a tidy transfer station. There’s a vehicle scale where trucks and trailers are weighed, so plan on stopping there as part of the process. Trucks typically pull up to a tipping area and dump directly into the active cell; for larger or commercial loads, the scale is how tipping fees are figured. Weekend and spring-cleanup traffic can back up the entrance, so patience at the gate is common.