Local citizens and haulers bring their refuse here. Processible waste is compacted and placed in containers for the journey by rail to the Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility. This picture is an aerial view of the Montgomery County Transfer Station. In the foreground is the Montgomery County Recycling Center, where recyclables are processed for shipment, in the rear and to the left is the Transfer Station itself, and to the right is the railyard. When County residents enter the Transfer Station at the Route 355 entrance, they can drop off either trash or recyclables.
Residents pull their cars directly up to containers and unload easily and quickly.
Here is a resident removing bags of trash from the trunk of her car for disposal into an open-top trailer. She can also use the recycling containers to recycle cans, glass bottles and jars, aluminum foil products, all plastic bottles with necks, and newspapers, as well as yard trimmings, used clothing, appliances, mixed paper, used motor oil, antifreeze, and car batteries. There is no charge to residents who use the Transfer Station provided that they have less than 500 pounds for disposal. The drop-off area is staffed during operating hours. When residents dispose of trash in the drop-off area, it falls directly into one of these trailers.