Link Environmental Transfer Station

Small transfer station in North Smithfield that local homeowners use to drop off household stuff without driving all the way to the central landfill. It handles residential loads that get compacted and trucked out to the statewide landfill, so visits tend to be short and functional.

Drive up to a single entrance where there’s a booth and a scale; most people stop at the booth first and then roll up to a tipping area or compactor. The site is the kind of industrial lot with concrete pads, big bays and piles that are moved by loaders - not a tidy recycling center. Lines form on weekend mornings and during spring cleanup, so there can be waiting; the process usually involves weighing, unloading into a pit or compactor, then driving back over the scale.