Republic Services Arlington Landfill — Local services in Arlington

Warning RED TAPE ALERT MAX 10 OF 10 LEVEL RED TAPE A perfect storm of nonsense occurred when my wife and I chose to help someone with disabilities to get there living space free if clutter and hoarded items with a uhaul. Uhauls are pricey nowadays but that was not the source of red tape when we arrived at the Arlington dump we found that there are new regulations in place. The employees at the dump were very polite and you could tell that they have been treated poorly by dump users when these new rules were presented so they were not the source of the bad experience. The Arlington action center employees were likewise very helpful but had a job to do so they were not the problem. The problem is that if you look at the Arlington city web site you may very easily miss these new regs. and wind up paying for another day on a uhaul after literally hours of waiting in line at the Arlington landfill. You have to call the Arlington action center to verify your self with a valid ID or DL and A water bill with your name and your social to dump trash I am giving this experience 1 star because this seems like something that if it is so important should be much more visible on the website and I guess you don't live in Arlington unless you pay a water bill? I am not giving one star because of any of the nice people who I came into contact with while learning this $200 dollar lesson in RED TAPE! I would give no stars to the web site designers maybe but they probably don't live here and don't know how they have set a trap for everyone in the city who goes to use the landfill since the rules were changed in October of 24. I wonder what the problem was? The one that prompted these new changes? Anyhow one star is more...

I live in Bedford and saw this was the closest landfill...

$152 minimum for non-Arlington resident. Make sure you know if your city gives vouchers because that is the only reasonable way to visit this place.

Edit: The staff in the dropoff point was helpful, however the staff at the front desk lacked any sort of professionalism and was rude and dismissive to our questions.

After dropping off a section of broken fence and a tractor tire, they stopped us on the way out to inform us they do not accept tires that size and i would have to go back and pick it up.

That isn't the bad part, what happened next is where I take issue. After telling me I would need to go back and get the tire, they still tried to charge me for dropping it off. I told them I would not pay for the tire since I was being directed to take it away with me. This was apparently an issue.

Edit 2: After a manager from the dropoff point stepped in, the final price was $88.82. the only thing I dropped off was a 16ft by 6ft-tall fence, broken into smaller pieces. Insane.

When I picked up the tractor tire which they would not accept, the staff in the dropoff point told me they have previously seen tractor tires dropped off before. I appreciate what the guys in the field were doing to try and help because they were the only professional part of the whole experience.

The insanely high prices to drop off trash is incentive to not use their services, but the lack of front desk professionalism is what I will...

Quick and easy experience. I went to my city hall beforehand and picked up my yearly 2 free landfill vouchers. My pickup truck has a lockable bed cover on it so I didn't need to worry about tarps or securing my load for the trip there. When I got there I showed the nice lady my DL and voucher and after she did the short paperwork for it I was pointed in the direction to go. There aren't really any signs to tell you where to stop etc. I was flagged down by a worker and he helped me get to exactly where I needed to be. I backed my truck up to a little concrete spot that overlooked a dumpster below. Shortly after climbing up onto my truck bed and throwing my bags of junk down into the dumpster I was approached by a nice worker who began to help me. With his help we were done within mins! As I swept out my truck bed of any dirt and small trash we had some small talk. The worker was so kind to me and even offered me a bottle of water! As a female I really didn't expect to get any sort of help because... well...it's literally a dump. I was prepared to do it all myself but it was such a nice surprise to get a helping hand! Those guys work all day out in the sun/dirt and other unpleasant elements yet still were friendly and helpful when I visited about an hour before they close. I hope they get paid good because they definitely deserve it! I have a renewed respect for those...