Facility details
- Address
- 2449 Exeter Rd
Appalachia, VA 24216 - Phone
- (276) 565-1826
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Wise County
- EPA Region
- 3
- 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
- Precious Plastic Big Stone Gap Recycling 2.3 mi · Big Stone Gap, VA
- Robinette Scrap Metal Processing Metals 3.0 mi · Big Stone Gap, VA
- Wise County - Big Stone Gap/East Stone Gap Transfer Station 3.5 mi · Big Stone Gap, VA
- Wise County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 5.4 mi · Norton, VA
- Wise County - Norton Transfer Station 7.0 mi · Norton, VA
- Wise County - Wise #1 Transfer Station 11.2 mi · Wise, VA
- Baker Scrap Metal and Recycling Metals 14.9 mi · Whitesburg, KY
- Wise County - Wise #2 Transfer Station 15.2 mi · Wise, VA
- Wise County - Pound #2 Transfer Station 16.2 mi · Pound, VA
- Potters Recycling Recycling 18.2 mi · Coeburn, VA
Nearest landfill: Wise County Sanitary Landfill, Norton — 5.4 mi
Area served
Serves Appalachia, East Stone Gap, Big Stone Gap, Lynch, KY, Holmes Mill, KY, Norton, Partridge, KY, Keokee, Benham, KY, Eolia, KY, Dryden, Cumberland, KY.
County context
One of 10 transfer stations in Wise County, VA.
ZIP 24216 population 2,356.
Virginia solid-waste agency: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)