Facility details
- Address
- North Road
Swans Island, ME 04685 - Phone
- (207) 526-4279
- Website
- swansisland.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
- EMR Transfer Station and Recycling Center Transfer Station 10.1 mi · Southwest Harbor, ME
- Eastern Maine Recycling Inc. Recycling 10.1 mi · Southwest Harbor, ME
- Deer Isle Transfer Station Transfer Station 10.5 mi · Deer Isle, ME
- Deer Isle, Town of Transfer Station 11.0 mi · Deer Isle, ME
- Stonington, Town of Transfer Station 11.2 mi · Stonington, ME
- Blue Hill, Town of Transfer Station 17.4 mi · Blue Hill, ME
- Bar Harbor Town Recycling Center Transfer StationRecycling 18.9 mi · Bar Harbor, ME
- Bar Harbor, Town of Transfer Station 19.5 mi · Bar Harbor, ME
- Blue Hill-Surry Transfer Station Transfer Station 20.1 mi · Blue Hill, ME
- North Haven, Town of Transfer Station 20.4 mi · North Haven, ME
Nearest landfill: Rockland Quarry Landfill, Rockland — 33.5 mi
Area served
Serves Swans Island, Frenchboro, Bernard, Bass Harbor, Seal Cove, Brooklin, Stonington, Southwest Harbor, Deer Isle, Isle Au Haut, Cranberry Isles, Northeast Harbor.
County context
One of 20 transfer stations in Hancock County, ME.
ZIP 04685 population 388.
Maine solid-waste agency: Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)