Facility details
- Address
- Hwy 16 & Rio St
Rio, WI 53960 - Phone
- (920) 992-5454
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Columbia County
- EPA Region
- 5
- 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
- Keith's Recycling Recycling 3.6 mi · Rio, WI
- Columbia Co Solid Waste Dept Transfer Station 6.7 mi · Pacific, WI
- Village of Cambria Transfer Station 8.5 mi · Cambria, WI
- Morry Plenty Scrap Metals 9.7 mi · Poynette, WI
- Alter Metal Recycling - Portage MetalsRecycling 12.0 mi · Portage, WI
- Keith's Recycling Inc. Recycling 13.7 mi · Portage, WI
- Windsor Transfer Station 14.0 mi · Windsor, WI
- Terry Kohn Trucking LLC Transfer Station 14.6 mi · Dalton, WI
- Diehl Neumaier Co Recycling 16.5 mi · Vienna, WI
- Royal Recycling Inc Recycling 17.1 mi · Deforest, WI
Nearest landfill: Dane County Westport Site, Westport — 19.2 mi
Area served
Serves Rio, Wyocena, Doylestown, Pardeeville, Poynette, Fall River, Cambria, Arlington, Columbus, Morrisonville, Randolph, Friesland.
County context
One of 3 transfer stations in Columbia County, WI.
ZIP 53960 population 3,235.
Wisconsin solid-waste agency: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)