Waste Management - Austin Community Landfill

Waste Management - Austin Community Landfill on Giles Lane is the large burial site people from Austin and nearby areas use when a curbside pickup or small transfer center won’t do. Homeowners with truckloads and commercial haulers both show up here - it’s where trash gets buried rather than sorted or processed.

Drive in past an entrance booth and notice steady heavy-truck traffic and large earthworks farther inside. There’s usually a scale to weigh loads, so plan for a stop at the scale on the way out since landfills commonly charge by weight or vehicle type. Pull-up lanes lead to the tipping spots where backing a trailer or positioning a truck bed is often required; the surface is gravel and can be dusty. Recyclables and bulky-item drop-offs are typically located toward the front, and lines get longer on weekends and during spring cleanup.