Waste Management - Grovetown Hauling & Columbia Road Transfer Station

Small, industrial-feeling transfer station on Columbia Road that locals use when hauling household junk or pickup-truck loads that are too big for curbside pickup. Trucks compact the material here and then haul it out to a landfill elsewhere, so it's a quicker trip than driving all the way to a distant dump. Regular folks and small contractors both show up with mixed loads.

Drive into a gated entrance and pull up to an entrance booth or scale where traffic is managed; expect to stop and be directed where to go. Vehicles usually line up to reverse onto a tipping floor or into large bays, and large transfer trailers sit nearby being loaded. The site looks industrial - concrete pads, high retaining walls, and large equipment that shreds or compacts loads. Weekends and spring cleanup times often have longer lines and a bit of dust and noise from the machinery.