Ansonia City Transfer Station

Ansonia City Transfer Station is the small town transfer spot on North Division Street that residents use to drop off household trash and recyclables before it heads out of state. Neighbors, landscapers with pickup loads, and anyone doing a big cleanout will drive over here because it's closer than trying to find a distant landfill. Expect a working, no-frills place rather than a tidy recycling center.

Pull up to an entrance booth where staff will direct traffic; there’s usually a short line during weekends and spring cleanup. Vehicles then move into a yard where loads are dumped into large pits or compactors and trucks take it away. Recycling and bulky-item areas are fenced or curtained off to one side, with signs marking the different drop spots. The site is mostly pavement and concrete, with big roll-up doors and industrial equipment - not landscaped and not built for hanging around.