Facility details
- Address
- 33 Sand Hill Road
Portland, CT 06480 - Phone
- (860) 342-6733
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Middlesex County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110042265660
Programs on file: SIMS 1530233
EPA record updated 2011-11-16
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
- MT Bottle Return Recycling 2.4 mi · Middletown, CT
- North End Pennisula LF Landfill 2.5 mi · Middletown, CT
- Middletown Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.5 mi · Middletown, CT
- Rocky Hill Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.2 mi · Rocky Hill, CT
- Cromwell Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.4 mi · Cromwell, CT
- Murphy Road Recycling, LLC Recycling 5.5 mi · Middletown, CT
- Eco Waste, Inc Recycling 5.7 mi · Middletown, CT
- Thames River Recycling Corporation Recycling 5.8 mi · Middletown, CT
- East Hampton Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.8 mi · East Hampton, CT
- Durham Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.0 mi · Middlefield, CT
Nearest landfill: North End Pennisula LF, Middletown — 2.5 mi
Area served
Serves Portland, Middletown, Cobalt, Cromwell, Middle Haddam, Rockfall, East Hampton, South Glastonbury, East Berlin, Rocky Hill, Middlefield, Higganum.
County context
One of 16 transfer stations in Middlesex County, CT.
ZIP 06480 population 9,421.
Connecticut solid-waste agency: Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP)