East Lyme Town Transfer Station

East Lyme Town Transfer Station on Roxbury Road in Niantic is where locals drop off household trash, recyclables and the occasional bulky item instead of driving to distant landfills. As a transfer station, material gets compacted here and then trucked out of state, so it’s the nearby option for smaller loads.

There’s typically an entrance area with a booth or check-in point and a lane where vehicles pull up; expect lines on busy weekend mornings. A short drive past the entrance usually reveals rows of large roll-off containers and enclosed compactors, with recycling bays set apart from the regular trash areas. Pickup trucks and small trailers are common, and many people hand-carry items a short distance from their vehicle to the drop point. Connecticut has no active landfills and DEEP sets strict recycling rules, so having things roughly sorted helps keep the line moving.