Bar Harbor Town Recycling Center
Bar Harbor, ME
Facility details
- Address
- 9 White Spruce Rd
Bar Harbor, ME 04609 - Phone
- (207) 288-4464
- Website
- barharbormaine.gov
- Facility type
- Transfer Station, Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Hancock County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Bar Harbor Transfer Station
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.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Bar Harbor, Town of Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Bar Harbor, ME
- Lamoine Redemption Recycling 8.3 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Lamoine Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.9 mi · Lamoine, ME
- EMR Transfer Station and Recycling Center Transfer Station 8.9 mi · Southwest Harbor, ME
- Eastern Maine Recycling Inc. Recycling 8.9 mi · Southwest Harbor, ME
- Sullivan, Town of Transfer Station 10.4 mi · Sullivan, ME
- Lamoine, Town of Transfer Station 11.2 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Hancock, Town of Transfer Station 12.8 mi · Hancock, ME
- Tracy Brothers Construction Recycling 13.5 mi · Hancock, ME
- Clynk Recycling Recycling 14.8 mi · Ellsworth, ME
Nearest landfill: Juniper Ridge Landfill, Old Town — 49.0 mi
Area served
Serves Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Winter Harbor, Mount Desert, Sorrento, Islesford, Birch Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Southwest Harbor, Prospect Harbor, Gouldsboro.
County context
One of 20 transfer stations in Hancock County, ME.
ZIP 04609 population 5,198.
Maine solid-waste agency: Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)