Madison Transfer Station

Madison Transfer Station on Ivy Tech Drive is the local transfer station that people in Madison use when they don't want to drive out to a distant landfill. It’s the spot where loads are compacted and then hauled off to a regional landfill, so it gets a mix of residential cars and small commercial trucks. Most users are hauling household cleanup or construction debris rather than long-haul loads.

Expect a fairly industrial setup - concrete pads, large roll-off containers or compactors, and trucks coming and going. There’s typically an entrance booth or scale area where vehicles pause before being directed where to unload, so plan for that short stop. Pull-up lanes guide vehicles to the unloading bays; larger trucks take different lanes than smaller pickups. Weekends and spring-cleanup times can get backed up, so traffic and wait times rise noticeably then.