Orchard Hill Sanitary Landfill aka Best Way Disposal
Watervliet, MI
Facility details
- Address
- 3290 Hennessey Rd
Watervliet, MI 49098 - Phone
- (269) 226-9200
- Website
- ssidelandfill.com
- Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Berrien County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110001847770, 110063281586
Programs on file: AIR MI00000000000N5719 · Air program 2602100331 · CEDRI CEDRI10207700 · E-GGRT 1002684 · EIA-860 58546 · Emissions inventory 5800011 · NPDES permit MI0058853 · REGION 100232 · LMOP 2241
Interest types: AIR MAJOR, COMPLIANCE AND EMISSIONS REPORTING, CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANT MAJOR, ELECTRIC GENERATOR, GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTER, ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, SOLID WASTE LANDFILL, LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY
EPA record updated 2025-06-24
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Open
- Opened / Projected closure
- 1976 / 2055 (projected)
- Ownership
- Private · Landfill Management Co.
- Waste in place
- 6,654,715 tons (as of 2022)
- Design capacity
- 20,639,329 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 238,653 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
- LFG energy project
- Operational: Electricity (Reciprocating Engine)
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
Typically accepted at landfills
- Household trash
- Bulky items and furniture
- Construction and demolition debris
- Yard waste (at many sites)
- Tires (often by appointment or for a fee)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- best way Recycling same site · Watervliet, MI
- Padnos Recycling 8.4 mi · Benton Harbor, MI
- Square Deal Auto Salvage Recycling 8.4 mi · Benton Harbor, MI
- Padnos Iron & Metal Metals 8.5 mi · Benton Harbor, MI
- Benton Metal Recycling Recycling 9.6 mi · Benton Harbor, MI
- Martin Brothers Mill & Foundry Supply Co Metals 10.0 mi · Benton Harbor, MI
- St Joseph Dept Public Works Transfer Station 11.1 mi · St Joseph, MI
- Green Earth Electronics Recycling Recycling 12.0 mi · St Joseph, MI
- Construction Recycling Systems Inc Recycling 13.6 mi · South Haven, MI
- Green Earth Recycling Recycling 14.2 mi · Saint Joseph, MI
Nearest other landfill: SE Berrien County Landfill Authority, Buchanan — 24.9 mi
Area served
Serves Watervliet, Coloma, Riverside, Benton Harbor, Hartford, Covert, Eau Claire, Sodus, Lawrence, Saint Joseph, Bangor, Dowagiac.
County context
One of 3 landfills in Berrien County, MI.
ZIP 49098 population 5,791.
Michigan solid-waste agency: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE)