Hawthorne Park Landfill

Hawthorne Park Landfill is the big burial landfill out on Tanner Road that handles solid waste for parts of south Houston. Locals and contractors both bring loads here; the place is built for the heavier, final-disposal stuff rather than small neighborhood drop-offs. It sits at 10332 Tanner Rd, so it's easy to find off the main roads in that area.

There’s a scale house that sorts the traffic-most landfills use a scale and a tipping-fee structure, so vehicles stop to be weighed and get a ticket before dumping. Pull up to the entrance booth, follow the attendants’ direction for where to dump, then head back over the scale to close out the transaction. The site itself looks like a large graded lot with berms and working faces where trucks unload; expect commercial roll-offs and big pickup trucks alongside each other. Weekends and spring cleanup times usually bring a line, so plan for a bit of waiting if it’s busy.