East Wake Transfer Station

East Wake Transfer Station is the local transfer station off Corporation Parkway that most Raleigh residents use when a trip to a distant landfill is impractical. Neighbors drop off household loads here and commercial haulers bring compacted loads that get sent elsewhere for disposal.

Drive up the long entrance and pull into the booth lane where attendants usually direct traffic; a scale is commonly in play so expect to stop once on the way in and again on the way out. The site is big and industrial-looking - concrete bays, compactors and roll-off areas, not a tidy recycling center. Recycling or drop-off bins tend to sit to the side of the main traffic flow, and trucks move through steadily during the week. Weekends and spring cleanups can back up the line, so queues are the main hassle.