Monticello Transfer Station

Small county transfer station used by Monticello residents and folks from surrounding rural areas. It's where local garbage gets compacted and loaded onto big trucks for hauling to a landfill elsewhere. People use it when driving straight to a distant landfill would take too long.

There’s typically an entrance booth and a scale near the driveway so trucks stop and are weighed as they come and go. Vehicles pull up to an unloading area where trash is dumped into a compactor or collection pit; expect a working-yard look with heavy equipment and piles of compacted refuse. Recycling or drop-off containers are often set to the side of the main drop area, and traffic can back up on busy weekends or during spring clean-up. Bring a vehicle that can navigate a gravel or paved yard and be ready for an extra stop at the scale before exiting.