Facility details
- Address
- 11282 S Garfield Ave
Downey, CA 90242 - Phone
- (323) 776-7552
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Los Angeles County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- SA Recycling Recycling 0.7 mi · South Gate, CA
- Martinez Recycling Inc Recycling 1.0 mi · Lynwood, CA
- Paramount Resource Recycling ElectronicsMRFRecycling 1.2 mi · Paramount, CA
- e-Recycling of California (Paramount) Recycling 1.2 mi · Paramount, CA
- Sunada Recycling Recycling 1.4 mi · Paramount, CA
- South Gate Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.4 mi · South Gate, CA
- Salt Lake Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.5 mi · South Gate, CA
- Southgate Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.8 mi · Southgate, CA
- Construction and Demolition Recycling Recycling 1.8 mi · South Gate, CA
- Ecology Recycling Recycling 1.8 mi · South Gate, CA
Nearest landfill: Operating Industries, Inc. LF (OII), Monterey Park — 8.2 mi
Area served
Serves Downey, Paramount, Lynwood, South Gate, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Compton, Long Beach, Maywood, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, Norwalk.
County context
One of 120 transfer stations in Los Angeles County, CA.
ZIP 90242 population 40,983.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle