Key West Transfer Station

Key West Transfer Station at 6500 Front St is the local transfer point where household and small commercial loads get compacted and shipped off to a landfill elsewhere. Neighbors use it when curbside pickup won’t cut it or driving out to a distant landfill is a hassle. It’s the kind of place people stop at for yard debris, renovation leftovers, or clearing out a garage.

Drive up to an entrance with an attendant booth and a scale nearby; stopping to be weighed is common at transfer stations. Vehicles line up in lanes and there’s usually a concrete pad with roll-off containers and a compactor where trucks dump loads. The site looks industrial-big metal containers, dusty drives and the occasional noise from compacting equipment. Weekend mornings and spring-cleanup times can get busy, and hurricane season sometimes affects operations.