Willington Transfer Station

Small-town transfer station where locals drop off their household trash before it gets compacted and sent out of state. Folks from Willington and nearby towns use it for regular trash and bulky items when hauling to a distant landfill would be a pain. It's the kind of place that gets busy on Saturdays and during spring cleanup.

There’s usually an entrance booth or gate where vehicles queue up; plan to pull up to that area first and wait your turn. Cars and small trucks move through a scale or weigh point in many Connecticut transfer stations, then past a tipping floor where the compactor does its work. Recycling and drop-off containers tend to sit off to one side of the main building, with larger trucks coming and going behind the tipping area. Expect a working, industrial feel-gravel or pavement, concrete bunkers, and open bays rather than anything tidy or showroom-clean.