Republic Services TRC Transfer Station

Republic Services TRC Transfer Station is a neighborhood transfer station in south Philadelphia that mostly handles compacting truckloads before they get hauled to a landfill. Local residents and small haulers use it when a landfill is too far or for drop-offs that don’t fit curbside pickup.

Drive into the lot at 2904 S Christopher Columbus Blvd and you'll first see an entrance booth and a scale-expect to pull up, get weighed, and then drive onto the tipping floor. The site is industrial: big concrete bays, compactors, and piles of material, not a tidy recycling center. Lines can form at the scale, especially on weekends and during spring cleanup, so there can be wait times. After tipping, trucks compact the load and haul it out, so vehicles move through in a steady flow rather than staying parked.