Facility details
- Address
- 241 S Front St
Dowagiac, MI 49047 - Phone
- (616) 782-2195
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Cass County
- EPA Region
- 5
- 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
- Fryman's Recycling Recycling 0.9 mi · Dowagiac, MI
- Deerpath Recyclers Corp Recycling 1.6 mi · Dowagiac, MI
- Frymans Recycling Recycling 3.2 mi · Dowagiac, MI
- PADNOS Dowagiac Recycling Center Recycling 3.8 mi · Dowagiac, MI
- Cassopolis Village Transfer Station 6.1 mi · Cassopolis, MI
- Michigan Recycling Recycling 12.8 mi · Niles, MI
- LRS Niles Transfer Station, Material Recovery Facility, Dumpster Rentals, & Portable Toilets Transfer Station 13.0 mi · Niles, MI
- Padnos Recycling 15.9 mi · Buchanan, MI
- PADNOS Buchanan Recycling Center Recycling 15.9 mi · Buchanan, MI
- Redbud Recycling Recycling 16.0 mi · Buchanan, MI
Nearest landfill: Orchard Hill Sanitary Landfill aka Best Way Disposal, Watervliet — 16.6 mi
Area served
Serves Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Berrien Center, Decatur, Eau Claire, Vandalia, Niles, Edwardsburg, Berrien Springs, Sodus.
County context
One of 3 transfer stations in Cass County, MI.
ZIP 49047 population 14,506.
Michigan solid-waste agency: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE)