Beatty Transfer Station

Small-town transfer station most residents use when they don't want to drive all the way to a distant landfill. It handles household loads and contractor drop-offs and is the kind of place people swing by with a pickup or trailer. Locals pop in for the convenience, especially during cleanup season.

Drive up to an entrance area with a booth and a scale - many transfer stations weigh you in and again on the way out, so expect to stop twice. Vehicles pull up to a tipping area where trash gets compacted and loaded into larger trucks headed elsewhere. There are usually recycling bins or a recycling area nearby and signs about sorting; Oregon places tend to have more rules about separating bottles and recyclables. Lines build up on weekends and holidays, so the site can feel busy and noisy when trucks are loading.