Providence Transfer Station - Allens Avenue
Providence, RI
Facility details
- Address
- 700 Allens Avenue
Providence, RI 02905 - Phone
- (401) 467-7950
- Website
- cityofprovidence.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Providence County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110004916486, 110070040470
Programs on file: NPDES permit RIR040005 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler RID982715906 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler RID982754988 · RI-PLOVER 4761
Interest types: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, PHASE II MS4
EPA record updated 2016-01-11
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
- Rhode Island Recycled Metals Recycling 0.4 mi · Providence, RI
- Schnitzer Northeast Metals 0.6 mi · Providence, RI
- Sims Metal Management Metals 0.7 mi · Providence, RI
- ScrapX Recycling 0.7 mi · Providence, RI
- Sims Metal Management Metals 0.9 mi · Providence, RI
- Recycling for Ri Education Recycling 1.7 mi · Providence, RI
- Aluminum & Copper Recycling Recycling 1.9 mi · Providence, RI
- Innercity Recycling Service Recycling 2.5 mi · Cranston, RI
- Ocean State Metals Recycling 2.8 mi · Providence, RI
- Green Penguin Recycling 2.9 mi · Providence, RI
Nearest landfill: Cranston Sanitary Landfill, Cranston — 5.3 mi
Area served
Serves Providence, East Providence, Cranston, Riverside, Warwick, Rumford, Seekonk, MA, Pawtucket, Barrington, North Providence, Central Falls, Johnston.
County context
One of 14 transfer stations in Providence County, RI.
ZIP 02905 population 24,780.
Rhode Island solid-waste agency: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)