Facility details
- Address
- 51 Buttonwood Rd
Wyoming, RI 02898 - Phone
- (401) 491-9505
- Website
- richmondri.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Washington County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110009310174, 110070038168
Programs on file: ICIS 2453769 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler RID982746612 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler RID982754376 · RI-PLOVER 2108
Interest types: ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, SQG
EPA record updated 2016-07-29
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
- Exeter Scrap Metal LLC Recycling 3.7 mi · Exeter, RI
- Exeter Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.6 mi · Exeter, RI
- Charlestown Collection Station Transfer Station 8.4 mi · Charlestown, RI
- West Greenwich Transfer Station Transfer Station 9.1 mi · West Greenwich, RI
- CCJ Green Recycling Recycling 10.0 mi · Voluntown, CT
- Rosehill Transfer Station Transfer Station 10.2 mi · South Kingstown, RI
- Automotive Ent. Of RI/Kingstown Auto Recycling Recycling 10.4 mi · N. Kingstown, RI
- Sterling/Voluntown Transfer Station Transfer Station 10.9 mi · Sterling, CT
- South Kingstown (Rose Hill) Transfer Station Transfer Station 11.4 mi · Peace Dale, RI
- Westerly Transfer Station Transfer Station 11.6 mi · Westerly, RI
Nearest landfill: Westerly, Westerly — 12.1 mi
Area served
Serves Wyoming, Hope Valley, Carolina, Exeter, West Kingston, Shannock, Rockville, Wood River Junction, Kenyon, Hopkinton, West Greenwich, Ashaway.
County context
One of 12 transfer stations in Washington County, RI.
ZIP 02898 population 1,745.
Rhode Island solid-waste agency: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)