Facility details
- Address
- 298 River Rd
Princeton, NJ 08540 - Phone
- (609) 688-2566
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Somerset County
- EPA Region
- 2
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110032317400, 110032974814
Programs on file: NJ-NJEMS 87828 · NJ-NJEMS 367248
EPA record updated 2014-12-29
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
- South Brunswick Township Transfer Station 4.6 mi · South Brunswick, NJ
- Nuvida Plastic Technology Recycling 6.0 mi · South Brunswick Twp, NJ
- K & A Excavating Contractors Recycling 6.3 mi · Dayton, NJ
- North Brunswick Recycling Transfer StationRecycling 7.3 mi · North Brunswick, NJ
- Township of Cranbury Transfer Station 7.4 mi · Cranbury, NJ
- Windsor E Recycling Recycling 7.5 mi · Hillsborough, NJ
- South Brunswick Recycling Recycling 8.0 mi · S Brunswick, NJ
- Lawrence Township DPW Transfer Station 8.6 mi · Lawrence, NJ
- Britton Industries Recycling 8.8 mi · Lawrenceville, NJ
- Versatile Metals Inc Metals 9.1 mi · North Brunswick, NJ
Nearest landfill: Middlesex County LF, East Brunswick — 13.3 mi
Area served
Serves Kingston, Rocky Hill, Princeton, Plainsboro, Monmouth Junction, Kendall Park, Skillman, Belle Mead, Franklin Park, Cranbury, Dayton, Princeton Junction.
County context
One of 7 transfer stations in Somerset County, NJ.
ZIP 08540 population 49,499.
New Jersey solid-waste agency: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)