Eagle Rock Convenience Center

This place gets two stars today, because the «Meh. I’ve experienced better,» is at this very same place! I don’t know what their problem was today, but I really hope management sees this review and does something.
The good: It’s a convenience center, which means I don’t have to go to the actual landfill. You take your oversized things there, and a truck takes it to the landfill. If you do everything right, the price is reasonable.
The bad: If you do even one thing wrong, the price doubles. I took a sofa there and was informed that even though I had a tie-​down at the back my load was considered unsecured. Apparently I was missing a tie-​down over the top. Of a single, solid item that wasn’t going to just fly out of my truck bed. Here’s where «I’ve experienced better» comes into play: I’ve been here half a dozen times before and have never been charged double for missing an unnecessary tie-​down. The clerk cited «state law» in an attempt to get me to pay without arguing. As an aside, there were four people in the guard-​shack building where you pay. Only one of them was doing any work, so I guess I know where my double fee is going.
The ugly: Don’t come here on a Saturday (or a Sunday, probably). The line was 53 minutes long — yes, I timed it. To top that lovely experience, an APD officer came to the line and started telling everyone in line they had to move over onto the dirt shoulder so traffic could come through. This sounds reasonable enough, except that there are huge signs on both ends of Eagle Rock Avenue telling you that it is not a thru street from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Then, after he made everyone move over, NOT ONE car came through. I’m usually on the side of the police, since they do a job I wouldn’t want to do myself. However, today I have to think someone just needed a reminder that he had authority.
If this is the kind of three-​ring circus I can expect here, I’ll take my business elsewhere in the future. Let me know when you get your collective act back together.

I’ve been bringing trash to this dump, uhh I mean Convenience center for years. It’s a covered facility, during the summer months you can get nice spritz of moist garbage dust from the overhead sprayers. One always hopes others are not sneaking asbestos in. They finally started accepting credit cards, it always sucked when you got line and had no cash. I get some sick sense of pleasure watching the frontend loader crush up my damaged furniture and what not, that thing means business. When you finally exit the facility they have a sign that says «Have A Nice Day», getting rid of my junk at a reasonable rate makes me have just that kind of day :)
On a serious note, the staff is always courteous, and the facility runs in an efficient predictable manner. Why would I 5 star a dump, because it works like I think it should. There are several drop off points in Albuquerque. This one does not accept construction material. Watch my video for an action shot of waste disposal.

Let’s just get this out of the way — I feel ridiculous giving a dump 4 stars. That being said this place is super convenient. Spring cleaning has begun and our garage was the main target. Convenient hours and it’s only a few bucks to get rid of all the junk you would rather not hold on to. No cement stuff folks. Now’s the time before the weather gets too hot. Have a difficult time letting go, just watch one episode of Hoarders and that should do the trick.

This is a big place. We drop off our Christmas tree for mulching every year, which is pretty painless. Try to take other crap there, however, and the lines are long and the cost is high. This should be free for county residents. Inside is very dusty, hot and loud. Don’t bring kids or pets.