Bristol Virginia Landfill

Bristol Virginia Landfill is the county landfill out on Shakesville Road used by households and haulers from around Bristol. Big trucks show up here alongside pickup trucks with trailer loads; it's the place where trash is buried rather than processed. The site handles large volumes typical of a regional landfill.

Drive up to a small entrance booth and be prepared to stop; there’s a scale for weighing loads so vehicles usually stop twice, once in and once out. The tipping area is an open, graded pad with bulldozers and compacted cells visible in the distance, and commercial trucks mix with residential vehicles. Loads are unloaded and driven away from the working face; expect some dust and heavy equipment noise. Because tipping fees at landfills are generally charged by weight, trucks and trailers are routed to the scale first and then to the dumping area.