Ellsworth Transfer Station (Maine) — Hours, Stickers & Fees
Ellsworth's dump is the city Transfer Station and Recycling Center at 11 Industrial Road, open Tuesday and Thursday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Wednesday noon to 4 p.m.
You pay for trash by the bag, with a $4 blue sticker on each one, or by weight at $160 a ton ($8 minimum) with an account at the station. Recycling is free.
Disposal sites in Ellsworth
Ellsworth Transfer Station & Recycling Center
Transfer station
City of Ellsworth
11 Industrial Rd., Ellsworth, ME 04605 Directions ↗
Trash by weight: $160 a ton, $8 minimum (100 lbs or less), with an account
TVs and monitors: $5 (15–34 in.), $10 (35–100 in.)
Laptops, printers, phones and other electronics: free
Recycling: free
In the Boggy Brook Industrial Park off Route 1A, near Christian Ridge Road (look for the white oil storage towers). Hazardous waste only at the city's annual collection day.
Laptops, printers, fax machines, cell phones, other e-waste
Free
Recycling (paper, cardboard, #1 and #2 plastics, cans, glass)
Free
Stickers are sold at Ellsworth City Hall, the Transfer Station, Shaw's, Freshies on High Street and at Hilltop, and Josie's Country Store and Cafe. To pay by the pound, set up an account at the Transfer Station first. The e-waste prices are for Ellsworth residents.
The recycling center takes newspaper and magazines, corrugated cardboard, #1 and #2 plastics, clean cans and glass bottles and jars. It doesn't take boxboard such as cereal boxes, #3 to #7 plastics, office or shredded paper, Styrofoam, window glass or light bulbs.
Ellsworth also has curbside trash pickup with the same blue $4 stickers; bags over 50 pounds are refused. Residents can instead hire a private hauler or bring trash to the station. Fluorescent bulbs, freon items and household batteries aren't taken as e-waste; alkaline batteries can go in the trash.
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