Newtown Transfer Station

Newtown Transfer Station is the town's place to drop off household trash and recyclables before it gets compacted and shipped out of state. Locals, contractors with small loads and anyone doing a big cleanup use this spot rather than driving to a distant landfill. It's on Ethan Allen Road and feels like the familiar municipal transfer station most Connecticut towns have.

Drive up to a small entrance booth where attendants usually check permits or direct traffic; there’s often a short line on weekend mornings. Vehicles pull through to a scale and tip area where trash is compacted into larger trucks for hauling out of state. The site is mostly paved with large roll-off bays and open tipping floors; expect to see piles of sorted materials and big compactors. Weekends and spring cleanup times get busy, so the line and the amount of activity are noticeably higher then.