Waste Management - McCourtney Road Transfer Station & Recycling Center

A local recycling center in Grass Valley that handles the kinds of drop-offs neighbors bring when cleaning out garages or trimming yards. People who use it range from homeowners with a trunkload to small pickup haulers with debris. It’s the sort of place visited when there’s more recyclables than will fit in the blue bin at home.

Drive up to an entrance booth and follow the flow of traffic into a fairly industrial lot with roll-off bins and sorting areas; vehicles often line up on weekends. Many facilities like this accept paper, cardboard, glass, plastics and metals, and commonly run programs for green waste and electronics recycling. Expect to cross a vehicle scale at least once-many transfer stations charge by weight, so there’s usually a stop on the way out as well. The recycling drop-off bins are often grouped together near the processing area, and the overall site looks more like a working yard than a retail center.