Rainwater Landfill

Rainwater Landfill on Richmond Highway in Lorton is where trash and large loads get buried - the kind of place contractors and homeowners use when curbside pickup won't cut it. Expect to see heavy trucks and trailers coming and going; it's a working landfill, not a neat transfer station.

Like most landfills, there's typically a weigh scale and tipping fees are charged by weight, with commercial loads usually handled under different rate structures. Plan on stopping at a check-in/scale area and then driving to a dumping cell or drop-off point; many people have to stop again to be weighed on the way out. The site looks industrial: gravel drives, big dirt mounds, bulldozers and roll-off trucks moving around, and dust when it's dry. Weekends and spring cleanup times tend to be busiest, so lines can form.