I-66 Transfer Station

I want to give this place 5 stars for being so cheap to dump things but this place is so confusing and there are no people around other than the tellers when you first drive in to direct you. I’ve been to dumps before and sometimes they can be a bit pricey so I was prepared for whatever quote they were gonna throw my way for dumping a bed, BBQ, desk, dresser, and a few other smaller items… it ended up only being $ 19! Talk about a deal. Anyways once I got in they had all these different stations for different wastes you were getting rid of. However, signs were not put up everywhere explaining where to dump things and there was no one to direct or help. For this reason I may have dumped a few items in the wrong places. Anyways, the location is very accessible and this place has good prices so can’t complain too much!

Never thought I’d review a dump, but here we go.
It was a bit confusing for a first timer but eventually we found where to go and were in and out in minutes.

Long lines, not enough staff, and supervisors standing around kicking pebbles with their feet or sitting in pick-​up trucks watching nothing happening.
Nobody directing traffic at a whole lot of shucking and jiving going on in little groups.
Typical government operation.

What could be thrilling about a trip to the transfer station? I had some hazmat to get rid of and it was pretty difficult navigating this place. I was able to find my way eventually. The layout was designed and implemented by a drunk… but hey, it is what it is.

They do a great job and are open EVERY DAY, including holidays! For your dumping pleasure, you can drop off electronics, old paint, brush and yard waste, old toilets, you name it. Only thing I’d say is that they could use a few more signs to guide newbies on where to go. They charge a small fee to drop hazardous waste like paint, but it’s only a few dollars. They do take credit cards

It is hard to give a garbage dump 5 stars, but for what they do I think they have it figured out. Weekday hours are not that great but they are open on Saturday and Sunday too. They are super busy on the weekends and usually have a worker in a reflective vest at the entrance directing people where to go. I have used this place for recycling drop off-​to include hazardous materials like car batteries, motor oil, etc. Unless you have large items like washing machines, clothes dryers, etc., the recycling is free. I have gotten rid of countless truckloads of yard waste. For me, the price has varied for yard waste. Sometimes they will make me weigh-​in, sometimes the man or woman in the booth will look in the back and say, hmmmmm, that will be $ 6, or some other arbitrary dollar amount. Either way, it is a great price to get rid of all the yard waste. Another great thing offered at the I-​66 transfer station is FREE mulch!!! They allow the yard waste to age a bit before grinding it up and then throw it in a huge pile where you can shovel it in yourself. They also place it on a huge self-​controlled conveyor belt that allows you to pull your truck or trailer right underneath of it, push start, fill up, press stop, drive off. The mulch is a natural light brown color. The only downside is an occasional piece of plastic or other kind of trash mixed in but you cannot beat the price. The place is full of activity and where you are supposed to go can get confusing sometimes. Every worker I have ever asked for assistance or instructions has been very friendly and helpful. I sometimes sit back for a minute and watch everything going on and I amazed at the activity. Huge front end loaders, garbage trucks, residential trash dumping, commercial junk haulers, landscaping companies, mulch and yard waste people, all running around like ants after their nest was stirred up.

So I know it’s a little bit weird for me to be reviewing, well, the dump, but hey, nobody else has yet, and who knows who might find my experiences interesting and/​or helpful, right? Right.
So after the epic mega-​party Unilocal Gets Lucky went down on Friday, I found myself with an entire truck-​full of juicy, post-​party trash to get rid of. So bright and early the next morning, I hauled my sorry butt outta bed and made my way with said truck o’ trash to the I-​66 Transfer Station. You see how much I love my Unilocalers? Now you know that my dedication truly knows no bounds. ;)
They make it pretty easy for you, which is a good thing for a trash-​hauling neophite like myself. You drive up, they weigh the entire truck on the way in, and then you back the truck up to these guard rails that overlook multiple ginormous dumpsters on the ground below. Then, it’s just a matter of dumping all the trash down into them! Because you park the truck above the actual dumpster, it’s actually super easy to get everything inside. Gravity most definitely works to your advantage here.
Oh, and evidently they don’t really care about you getting every last cup and plastic fork into the actual dumpsters… or at least, they’d rather you not climb onto the other side of the guard rails to pick them all up like I was trying to. (I got in a widdle bit of twouble… oops! I was just trying to be thorough, Mr. Trash Man!)
They weigh your truck again on the way out, and you pay the difference in weight. For 600 pounds of juicy party trash, we ended up paying exactly $ 18. Not too shabby.
I deduct a star because the actual hours of open operation are relatively narrow for the normal working person, and they don’t offer any kind of after-​hours dumping options even for a fee… which would have been really helpful given that parking a truck full of garbage on the street overnight wasn’t really ideal, hahaha. But all’s well that ends well, and there wasn’t anything that a quick hose-​down and a bit of Febreze wasn’t able to fix!