Transfer Station

Regular Off-Season Hours are now in effect. Download > Station Guide

631-788-5515

The Transfer Station is a gated facility accessed from Town Road. On the upper level, users deposit household trash (MSW) and corrugated cardboard into compactor hoppers. On the lower level, users deposit paper and bottles & can into the designated containers from elevated walkways. Full containers are transported to mainland Connecticut: household trash (MSW) goes to a Waste to Energy (WTE) plant and cardboard, paper, and bottles & cans go to a recycling facility.

i.e., Municipal Solid Waste

• kitchen and bathroom waste
• Styrofoam beans and peanuts bagged prior to arrival
• shredded paper (non-recyclable, gums up machinery)

Please NO:

• No Recyclables
• No Compost Station items
• No Hazardous Waste (Hazardous Waste Day Event 2024 TBD)

flatten/cut to 2’ X 2’ prior to arrival to prevent compactor jams and delays

Please NO:

• NO food-stained pizza boxes or similar
• NO non-corrugated material

Please read all signage to ensure proper recycling.

NOTE: Containers may change position so be sure to check signage before depositing materials.

NO plastic bags of any kind in recycling containers.
You may dispose of your plastic bags in the garbage can next to the recycling containers

please ensure containers are clean and flattened/nested when possible

• aluminum, steel, tin, and foil containers and cans
• plastic containers – marked #1 through #7
• glass containers – all colors

Please NO:

• NO plastic bags (put in Household Trash)
  
• NO Styrofoam (put in Household Trash)
  
• NO plastic plant pots (put in Bulky @ Compost Station)
  
• NO ceramic (put in Bulky @ Compost Station)
  

• paper products, magazines, junk mail, newspaper
• chipboard, flattened paper cartons and boxes

Please NO:

• NO shredded paper (put in Household Trash)
  

FIWMD DUMPING ABUSE POLICY

First Offense: verbal warning Second Offense: $100 Third Offense: denied use of facilities