Sterling Transfer Station

Sterling Transfer Station in Sterling, VA is the local spot where household and small commercial loads get dropped off, compacted, and then shipped out to a landfill elsewhere. People from around the Northern Virginia suburbs use it when they don’t want to drive all the way out to a remote landfill.

Drive up to an entrance booth and be prepared to queue slightly if it's a weekend or during spring cleanup - lines are common. There’s a scale area where trucks and autos are weighed, so expect to stop there as part of the process. The tipping floor and compactors are visible from the drop-off lanes, and recycling or drop-off containers are usually grouped just past the booth. Traffic flow is mostly one-way through the site: pull in, stop at the booth/scale, drop items where directed, then exit past the scale again.