Facility details
- Address
- 114 Franklin Road
Hancock, ME 04640 - Phone
- (207) 422-3393
- Website
- hancockvfd.org
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Hancock County
- EPA Region
- 1
- 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
- Tracy Brothers Construction Recycling 2.8 mi · Hancock, ME
- Lamoine, Town of Transfer Station 3.5 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Sullivan, Town of Transfer Station 4.8 mi · Sullivan, ME
- Clynk Recycling Recycling 5.0 mi · Ellsworth, ME
- Lamoine Redemption Recycling 5.2 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Lamoine Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.3 mi · Lamoine, ME
- Union River Redemption Center Recycling 5.5 mi · Ellsworth, ME
- Ellsworth, City of Transfer Station 5.6 mi · Ellsworth, ME
- Franklin, Town of Transfer Station 5.6 mi · Franklin, ME
- Ellsworth Recycling Center Recycling 7.4 mi · Ellsworth, ME
Nearest landfill: Juniper Ridge Landfill, Old Town — 36.4 mi
Area served
Serves Hancock, Sorrento, Franklin, Sullivan, Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Surry, Gouldsboro, Mount Desert.
County context
One of 20 transfer stations in Hancock County, ME.
ZIP 04640 population 2,451.
Maine solid-waste agency: Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)