Visit the Dry Creek Landfill
Schedule A Landfill Tour
Ever wonder how a modern landfill works? Here’s your chance to find out. Using the form below, schedule a tour for your business, school group, club or organization. Tours last approximately 90 minutes and require a minimum of 10 participants — one group or bus load at a time.
Highlights of the tour include an opportunity to see how we convert gas from decomposing trash to renewable energy. Plus a variety of environmental controls to make sure groundwater and nearby ecosystems are protected. You’ll also see the high-tech liner system, along with the leachate collection and removal system that removes the rainwater that filters through the trash. Today’s landfill is a complex feat of environmental engineering and this is your chance to explore the behind the scenes story up close.
Things You’ll Learn About On The Tour
- How a landfill is built
- Daily landfill operations
- Waste disposal area
- Environmental control systems
- Gas-to-energy system
- Turning green waste into nutrient-rich compost
Basic Tour Requirements:
- Tours are given Tuesday-Thursday, year round, from 8 am to 2 pm
- schedule at least two months in advance
- Groups must provide their own transportation in one vehicle that can be driven around the facility
- bus or passenger van
- a Dry Creek Landfill staff member will board the vehicle and assist in guiding the driver to various stopping points
- terrain consists of pavement and solid dirt roads
- Visitors must be at least five years old
- All participants are required to sign a Landfill Tour Waiver Form
- parent or legal guardian must sign for students under 18
- Participants must wear closed-toe shoes
- for clothing, wear weather-appropriate layers
- Dry Creek Landfill reserves the right to cancel tours because of unfavorable weather conditions or safety concerns
- in the event the ground is saturated from heavy rains, the group will stay in the vehicle for the duration of the tour
- A restroom is available before or after the tour at the gas-to-energy building
- If you need to cancel, please provide at least 48 hours notice so we can adjust operations accordingly
- if you’re going to be late on the day of your tour, let your tour provider know