Facility details
- Address
- 900 North 15th St
Middlesboro, KY 40977 - Phone
- (606) 248-7861
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Bell County
- EPA Region
- 4
- 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
- Spider's Radiator & Glass Shop Metals 0.3 mi · Middlesboro, KY
- Bell County Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.6 mi · Pineville, KY
- Clairborne County Convenience Center-Sunnyside Transfer Station 5.9 mi · Cumberland Gap, TN
- Robbins Recycling Recycling 9.2 mi · Calvin, KY
- Clairborne County Convenience Center-Clairfield Transfer Station 12.1 mi · Clairfield, TN
- Abner Metals Recycling 13.4 mi · Tazewell, TN
- Clairborne County Convenience Center-County Transfer Station Transfer Station 15.3 mi · New Tazewell, TN
- Claiborne County LF Landfill 16.0 mi · New Tazewell, TN
- Knox Recycling, LLC Recycling 18.7 mi · Bimble, KY
- Scrap Mart Recycling 19.3 mi · Tazewell, TN
Nearest landfill: Claiborne County LF, New Tazewell — 16.0 mi
Area served
Serves Middlesboro, Cumberland Gap, TN, Pruden, TN, Pineville, Calvin, Harrogate, TN, Ewing, VA, Trosper, Miracle, Frakes, Speedwell, TN, Fourmile.
County context
One of 2 transfer stations in Bell County, KY.
ZIP 40977 population 8,218.
Kentucky solid-waste agency: Kentucky Division of Waste Management