Facility details
- Address
- 50 Sand Hill Rd
Charlestown, RI 02813 - Phone
- (401) 364-1230
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Washington County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- 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
- South Kingstown (Rose Hill) Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.9 mi · Peace Dale, RI
- Rosehill Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.6 mi · South Kingstown, RI
- Richmond Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.4 mi · Wyoming, RI
- Westerly Transfer Station Transfer Station 9.9 mi · Westerly, RI
- Town Of Westerly Transfer Station Transfer Station 9.9 mi · Westerly, RI
- Westerly RI Transfer Station Transfer Station 10.0 mi · Westerly, RI
- Westerly Landfill 10.1 mi · Westerly, RI
- Exeter Scrap Metal LLC Recycling 11.6 mi · Exeter, RI
- Exeter Transfer Station Transfer Station 11.7 mi · Exeter, RI
- Automotive Ent. Of RI/Kingstown Auto Recycling Recycling 12.2 mi · N. Kingstown, RI
Nearest landfill: Westerly, Westerly — 10.1 mi
Area served
Serves Kenyon, Charlestown, Shannock, Wakefield, Wood River Junction, Carolina, West Kingston, Kingston, Bradford, Narragansett, Wyoming, Ashaway.
County context
One of 12 transfer stations in Washington County, RI.
ZIP 02813 population 8,017.
Rhode Island solid-waste agency: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)