Saco's Transfer Station & Swap Shop at 24 Foss Road handles the city's bulky waste. It's open Tuesday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the gates closing at 3:45, and closed during snowstorms.
Recycling overflow, metals, car batteries and residents' leaves are free. Furniture, bulky items, construction debris, appliances and electronics are charged under the city's fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026; clean shingles are $45 a yard for residents.
Furniture, bulky items, debris, construction debris, white goods, Freon appliances and electronics: fees per the city's schedule (effective July 1, 2026)
Clean asphalt shingles: $45 a yard for residents
Clean brush 3 inches or less: $3 a cubic yard for residents
Free: overflow recycling, metals, car batteries, residents' leaves in paper bags
Won't take: Asbestos, hazardous waste and chemicals, lead or oil-based paint, gasoline tanks, roofing tar and driveway sealer, large propane tanks, Japanese knotweed, material from other towns
Saco waste only. Closed during snowstorms and on most holidays, including the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.
The only batteries accepted are lithium-ion and car batteries; take other household batteries to a battery retailer.
Overflow and bulk recycling (cardboard, tin, glass, plastics #1–#7)
Furniture and bulky items
Asbestos in any form
Metals
Debris and construction debris
Hazardous waste and chemicals
Car batteries
TVs, computers and electronics
Lead or oil-based paint
Residents' leaves, in paper bags
Washers, dryers, stoves, microwaves, water heaters
Gasoline tanks; large propane tanks
Freon appliances
Roofing tar and driveway sealer
Clean asphalt shingles ($45 a yard)
Japanese knotweed
Clean brush, 3 inches or less ($3 a cubic yard)
Material from other towns
Contractors working in Saco pay more: $60 a yard for shingles and $5 a cubic yard for brush. Call (207) 282-7230 for the price of a specific item.
Holidays
The station closes on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, July 4, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the Friday after, Christmas Eve and Christmas; it stays open New Year's Eve.
