Facility details
- Address
- 1601 Colonial Rd
Tarboro, NC 27886 - Phone
- (252) 827-2472
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Edgecombe County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, 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
- Antioch Convenience Site Transfer Station 4.6 mi · Antioch, NC
- Rocky Mount, City of Transfer Station #2 Transfer Station 7.4 mi · Rocky Mount, NC
- Regional Materials Recovery MRFRecycling 9.3 mi · Rocky Mount, NC
- Rocky Mt Recyclers Inc Recycling 9.8 mi · Rocky Mount, NC
- Edgecombe County LF Landfill 10.5 mi · Tarboro, NC
- Site 6 Drake Collection Center Transfer Station 11.3 mi · Battleboro, NC
- Wilson County C&D Landfill Landfill 12.0 mi · Wilson, NC
- Wilson County LF Landfill 12.4 mi · Wilson, NC
- Wall Recycling Wilson MetalsRecycling 14.3 mi · Wilson, NC
- K & K Recycling Recycling 15.1 mi · Wilson, NC
Nearest landfill: Edgecombe County LF, Tarboro — 10.5 mi
Area served
Serves Rocky Mount, Sharpsburg, Pinetops, Elm City, Battleboro, Macclesfield, Tarboro, Wilson, Fountain.
County context
One of 2 transfer stations in Edgecombe County, NC.
ZIP 27886 population 18,560.
North Carolina solid-waste agency: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)