Kirtland Solid Waste Transfer Station

Kirtland Solid Waste Transfer Station is the small transfer station out on Rd 6500 in Kirtland, NM, used mostly by local residents who don't want to drive all the way to a distant landfill. It’s the kind of place where household loads get compacted and loaded onto trucks that haul everything off-site.

The site looks like a modest county lot with a single entrance lane and a little booth near the driveway where vehicles pull up to check in. There’s a fenced area with compacting equipment and a few big concrete or metal drop-off bays; residential trucks and pickups back into a bay while larger haulers wait. Expect to stop at a scale if present and then move past the booth toward the drop area; traffic can bunch up on weekends or during seasonal cleanups. The desert setting means dusty gravel roads and sparse shade, so plan for hot, sunny conditions in summer.