Facility details
- Address
- 1050 1st Ave SW
Hickory, NC 28602 - Phone
- (828) 323-7439
- Website
- na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Catawba County
- EPA Region
- 4
- 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
- Sonoco Recycling Recycling 0.4 mi · Hickory, NC
- L Gordon Iron & Company-Hickory Metals 0.4 mi · Hickory, NC
- Gordon Recyclers Recycling 0.5 mi · Hickory, NC
- Recycling Equipment Inc Recycling 3.0 mi · Hickory, NC
- Catawba Valley Reclamation Recycling 4.3 mi · Hildebran, NC
- GDS Recycling Services Recycling 5.9 mi · Conover, NC
- Conover Transfer Station Transfer StationRecycling 5.9 mi · Conover, NC
- TRG Recycling Recycling 7.3 mi · Connelly Springs, NC
- Gordon Recyclers MetalsRecycling 7.4 mi · Connelly Springs, NC
- Blackburn SLF Landfill 8.9 mi · Newton, NC
Nearest landfill: Blackburn SLF, Newton — 8.9 mi
Area served
Serves Hickory, Hildebran, Rhodhiss, Icard, Granite Falls, Conover, Newton, Rutherford College, Hudson, Connelly Springs, Claremont, Valdese.
County context
One of 2 transfer stations in Catawba County, NC.
ZIP 28602 population 29,273.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)