China Transfer Station

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Contact Details

  • Address: 191 Alder Park Road, South China, ME 04358
  • GPS: 44.4238083,-69.5252782
  • Phone: (207) 445-3033
  • Mobile Phone: (207) 445-3033

Opening Times

  • Monday Closed
  • Tuesday 10am-2pm
  • Wednesday Closed
  • Thursday 10am-2pm
  • Friday 10am-2pm
  • Saturday 10am-2pm
  • Sunday Closed

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The China Transfer Station is located on 191 Alder Park Road, South China, ME 04358. This landfill is opened on the following hours:

  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 10am-2pm
  • Wednesday: Closed
  • Thursday:10am-2pm
  • Friday: 10am-2pm
  • Saturday: 10am-2pm
  • Sunday: Closed

The landfill is closed on all US federal holidays. The dumps on the landfill are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the applicable state laws.

The China Transfer Station Maine buries trash and garbage below secured and stratified layers of dirt and isolating material. The transfer station accepts tire, solid waste, hazardous waste, and inert material waste. For any other type of waste that you are not SURE ABOUT, you can reach them out at (207) 445-3033.

You may contact the China Transfer Station about any information regarding: waste managing policies, recycling policies, commercial garbage, accepted types of trash, industrial waste, household garbage, appliances disposal and hazardous waste management.

You can reach the China Transfer Station about their opening hours to the public and what is the visitor policy. They would gladly answer your questions.

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Popular questions at China Transfer Station

What is a landfill?

A landfill is a location that manages our waste. In some landfills the garbage is left in piles, in some the garbage is incinerated and, in some others, the waste is decomposed onto other chemical structures and processed. In some landfills, the waste is buried.

Landfills are in specific areas, and they are away from cities and counties as there are gases that leak from the decomposition of the waste. There are various types of landfills. Some are used for municipal waste, some are used for sorting of the waste, some serve as transfer stations, and some are specialized only for recycling. Each landfill has its acceptance conditions, which means only a specific type of waste can be accepted.

When a load of waste is accepted, the garbage trucks go to the dumping point and offload the materials. During the processing of the waste, the main ideas are to confine the waste in the smallest space possible and to reduce the volume of the waste by compacting it. The garbage trucks are weighed when they enter and exit the landfill. The difference is the tons of garbage deposited and that affects the cost to use the landfill. Each landfill has its prices per ton depending on the type of waste that is deposited.

How much of our trash ends up in a landfill?

There is a lot of waste generated in the USA. In 2018, there were 292 million tons of waste generated. Averagely that is 4.9 Lb. of waste per person. The waste from municipalities is recycled the most. The data says that in 2018, there was a recycling rate of 32%. Some of the waste is reprocessed not other means such as bio-chemical management.The largest categories of waste pertain to paper, food plastics, yard trims, and metals. Food, plastics, and paper make are the main resources for energy production from waste.

What time does the landfill close?

The schedule of each landfill differs and they different hours of operation. To find the opening hours regarding a specific landfill, you use the above site. After you have located the desired landfill to use, the operating hours can be seen on current page of site after clicking into the “Opening hours” section. There you will be able to locate the opening hours and any other facts about the business services of the landfill.

What happens when a landfill is full?

After all the cells in a landfill are used and are full, then we start the process of reclaiming. The idea is that the space on top of the landfill can be used for other purposes. Whatever is the type of landfill, the space on top of it is covered by layers of dirt, to recreate reusable soil. The space is compacted, and it is made sure to be leakproof so that there is no spillage onto the environment.

There are specific laws that regulate the use of landfills after being full and there are specific measures to be taken and to assure compliance. For chemical and garbage that is hazardous, there is a synthetic material that covers it. There is an intricate drainage system. For general garbage, there is a liner system at the bottom area of the cells. The top is covered by topsoil, clay, and synthetic materials.

After this has been done, the space on top of the landfill can support various uses. It can be used to create parks, As of right now, there are more than 1000 parks in the USA that originated from landfill places. The area on top can be used to generate electricity and attach solar panels. This idea is a bit dangerous as the ground below can shift during the years. The area on top of a landfill can even support wildlife habitats, as the layers of clay and dirt that cover the landfill can support and grow trees.

What is an inert landfill?

There is an interesting type of landfill, inert landfills. This type of landfill receives sand, concrete, and other waste related to construction. This type of waste does not have any biohazards nor decomposes, or it does so very slowly. These types of waste neither produce liquid waste. In this category, we mostly have asphalt, rocks, bricks, yard leaves. In this category, we do not include demolition waste.



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  1. There seems a typo error on this website of the South China Recycling Transfer Center. The Hours that has been flashing at Right side of the road before entrance of plant shows the days and been changed from Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10am-2pm Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday are Closed. On this website reads, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sat 7am-5pm and Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday are closed. So, which is correct?

    • Hello, Anastasia. Thank you, we have corrected the schedule.

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