Waste Management - Pheasant Run Security Landfill

A working landfill run by Waste Management just off 60th Street in Bristol, mostly used by local homeowners doing big cleanouts and by commercial haulers dropping larger loads. It’s the final stop where non-recycled trash gets buried, so expect a large, industrial site rather than a neighborhood transfer station. Visitors from around southern Wisconsin show up here when curbside pickup or county facilities won’t take everything.

Drive up to an entrance booth and be ready to pull onto a scale - tipping fees are typically calculated by weight, so the scale reading matters. After the scale you’ll follow signs and staff direction to a cell or tipping area where trucks dump; the site looks like rolling, graded mounds of compacted trash with heavy equipment moving around. Lines can build up on weekends and during spring cleanup, and winter operations sometimes change traffic patterns or have reduced working areas because of snow and ice. Commercial trucks are common; the place is built for big loads and steady industrial traffic rather than quick drop-offs.