SWA North County Transfer Station

Small, working transfer station off North Military Trail used by local residents and landscapers who don’t want to drive out to a distant landfill. It’s the kind of place where trucks and pickups mix and the site stays busy year-round, especially when storm cleanup is happening. Neighbors drop off household and yard loads here so haulers can compact and move it on to a landfill elsewhere.

There’s an entrance booth and a scale area, so vehicles usually stop twice: once in, once out. Pull into one of the lanes and follow the flow of traffic to the tipping floor - it’s a big concrete pad with high walls and compactors nearby, and large trucks are constantly coming and going. The site can be noisy with diesel engines and beeping trucks, and piles of material are visible from the driving lanes. Weekends and hurricane-debris periods are the busiest times, so lines and slow-moving traffic are common.