Facility details
- Address
- 1440 Port of Tacoma Rd
Tacoma, WA 98421 - Phone
- (253) 272-6208
- Website
- wm.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- WM (Waste Management)
- County
- Pierce County
- EPA Region
- 10
- 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
- Sutta Co Recycling 0.2 mi · Tacoma, WA
- American Shredding Recycling 0.3 mi · Tacoma, WA
- JMK Fibers Recycling Center Recycling 0.4 mi · Tacoma, WA
- Recovery 1 MRFRecycling 0.7 mi · Tacoma, WA
- Black Rock Recycling Recycling 0.8 mi · Tacoma, WA
- Simon Metals LLC Metals 1.2 mi · Tacoma, WA
- Schnitzer Steel Recycling 1.6 mi · Tacoma, WA
- Radius Recycling Recycling 1.6 mi · Tacoma, WA
- Stericycle/Burlington Environmental (MRW Only) Recycling 1.8 mi · Tacome, WA
- Calbag Metals Company MetalsRecycling 2.0 mi · Tacoma, WA
Nearest landfill: Waller Road Inert Landfill, Tacoma — 3.2 mi
Area served
Serves Tacoma, Fife, Federal Way, Milton, Puyallup, Pacific, Auburn, University Place, Lakewood, Sumner, Mcchord Afb, Seattle.
County context
One of 18 transfer stations in Pierce County, WA.
ZIP 98421 population 249.
Washington solid-waste agency: Washington State Department of Ecology