Facility details
- Address
- 16820 County Road 158
Cold Spring, MN 56320 - Phone
- (320) 685-8226
- Website
- tomkraemerinc.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Stearns County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110055504672, 110069041343
Programs on file: REGION 100002 · MN-TEMPO 151965 · MN-TEMPO 3962
Interest types: CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION LANDFILL
EPA record updated 2016-06-03
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
- Rockville Metal Scrap Metal, Junk Car Buyers Recycling 4.7 mi · Rockville, MN
- Liberty Tire Recycling LLC RecyclingTires 10.8 mi · St Martin, MN
- Pam's Auto Metals 12.3 mi · St Cloud, MN
- Integrated Recycling Technologies Recycling 12.5 mi · Waite Park, MN
- City of Paynesville Transfer Station 13.3 mi · Paynesville, MN
- Albany Recycling Center Recycling 13.6 mi · Albany, MN
- City of Sartell Transfer Station 14.5 mi · Sartell, MN
- A&A Recycling LLC Recycling 14.9 mi · Paynesville, MN
- Python's Recycling 17.0 mi · St Cloud, MN
- Northern Metal Recycling MetalsRecycling 17.1 mi · St Cloud, MN
Nearest landfill: Meeker County Demolition Landfill TS, Litchfield — 19.4 mi
Area served
Serves Cold Spring, Richmond, Rockville, Roscoe, Collegeville, Watkins, Saint Cloud, Saint Martin, Eden Valley, Kimball, Waite Park, Saint Joseph.
County context
One of 5 transfer stations in Stearns County, MN.
ZIP 56320 population 8,553.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)