Facility details
- Address
- 79 Florida Ave
Paterson, NJ 07503 - Phone
- (973) 345-2293
- Facility type
- Transfer Station, Recycling
- County
- Passaic County
- EPA Region
- 2
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Waste Management
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.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Acme Scrap Metal Co Metals 0.2 mi · Paterson, NJ
- Gaeta Recycling Recycling 0.4 mi · Paterson, NJ
- Elmwood Park Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Elmwood Park, NJ
- Park Stein Inc Recycling 1.5 mi · Clifton, NJ
- Clifton Metals Recycling Recycling 1.5 mi · Clifton, NJ
- East Coast Recycling Inc. Recycling 1.6 mi · Clifton, NJ
- Erevival LLC Recycling 1.7 mi · Garfield, NJ
- City of Paterson Transfer Station 1.8 mi · Paterson, NJ
- Paterson Recycling Recycling 1.8 mi · Paterson, NJ
- Dabal & Sons Scrap Metal Recycling 2.1 mi · Garfield, NJ
Nearest landfill: Hmdc 1-a LF, Kearny — 8.1 mi
Area served
Serves Paterson, Clifton, Elmwood Park, Garfield, Saddle Brook, Little Falls, Passaic, Fair Lawn, Totowa, Wallington, Rochelle Park, Lodi.
County context
One of 6 transfer stations in Passaic County, NJ.
ZIP 07503 population 19,567.
New Jersey solid-waste agency: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)