Facility details
- Address
- 570 14th Ave
Columbus, NE 68601 - Phone
- (402) 562-4254
- Website
- columbusne.us
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Platte County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110001516315
Programs on file: AIR NE0000003114100042 · Air program 3114100042 · NDEQ 62767
Interest types: AIR MINOR
EPA record updated 2015-11-09
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
- Columbus Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.5 mi · Columbus, NE
- Columbus Metal Industries LLC Metals 1.5 mi · Columbus, NE
- ACI Plastics Nebraska Recycling 2.8 mi · Columbus, NE
- Alter Metal Recycling Recycling 3.2 mi · Columbus, NE
- Shockley Trucking Transfer Station 15.7 mi · Octavia, NE
- Butler County Landfill, Waste Connections Of NE Inc Landfill 19.2 mi · David City, NE
- Butler County Landfill Inc Landfill 19.2 mi · David City, NE
- Osceola Transfer Station Transfer Station 19.6 mi · Osceola, NE
- City of Osceola Transfer Station 19.9 mi · Osceola, NE
Nearest landfill: Butler County Landfill, Waste Connections Of NE Inc, David City — 19.2 mi
Area served
Serves Columbus, Bellwood, Duncan, Platte Center, Schuyler.
County context
One of 2 transfer stations in Platte County, NE.
ZIP 68601 population 30,619.
Nebraska solid-waste agency: Nebraska Department of Water, Energy and Environment (NDWEE)