Meriden Transfer Station

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Contact Details

  • Address: Evansville Avenue, Meriden, CT 06454
  • GPS: 41.515051,-72.8303118
  • Phone: (203) 630-4018
  • Mobile Phone: (203) 630-4018

Opening Times

  • Monday 10:00am-2.00pm
  • Tuesday closed
  • Wednesday 7.00am-12.00pm
  • Thursday closed
  • Friday closed
  • Saturday 7.00am - 12.00pm (First and Third Saturdays)
  • Sunday closed

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The Meriden Transfer Station is located on Evansville Avenue, Meriden, CT 06454. This landfill is opened on the following hours:

  • Monday: 10:00am-2.00pm
  • Tuesday: closed
  • Wednesday: 7:00am-12:00pm
  • Thursday: closed
  • Friday: closed
  • First and Third Saturdays: 7.00am – 12.00pm
  • Sunday: closed

The landfill is closed on all US federal holidays. The Meriden Transfer Station is open to local residents ONLY and proof of residence must be shown. The dumps on the landfill are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the applicable state laws.

The Meriden Transfer Station Connecticut 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 (203) 630-4018.

You may contact the Meriden 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 Meriden 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 Meriden Transfer Station

How does a landfill work?

A landfill has very detailed business operations. The waste arrives at the facility in garbage trucks on a section called the Cell. The cell is made of an isolated layer, that prevents any waste or liquids from leaking. In the cell, the waste is sorted out. This unit is enclosed, as the sun and the atmospheric conditions can interact with the waste. Afterward, the garbage is compressed in the smallest volume possible. The cell will accept new waste until it is full. When it reaches, it is further reinforced on top with various materials and dirt. The idea is that the area on top of the cell is reused and to support vegetation.

The important part of this process is the base of the cell. It must prevent liquids and other pollutants from reaching the soil. For this reason, the cell is isolated below with layers of plastic and clay, to create a strong isolation system.

Regarding liquids, they are collected onto a unit called the sump. In this unit, the liquids are processed, and when they are cleaned on pollutants, they are reintroduced onto the environment. Each landfill has groundwater monitoring, which means they collect the quality of groundwater before it reaches the landfill and afterward it exits the landfill. Regarding gasses generated by the waste, they are collected via a special system that ends up reusing the methane generated and the gases to produce energy.

When a landfill reaches the point that all the cells are full, then the landfill stops operations. This doesn’t mean that the owners of the landfill have no responsibilities. They must be monitored for 30 years after closure, and that means assuring the quality of groundwater and preventing leakage to the soil of any type of waste.

What time does the landfill close near me?

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 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.

How is a sanitary landfill different from a dump?

Sanitary landfills offer a more advanced waste management approach that further reduces the chances of environmental contamination. The basic unit of a sanitary landfill is still the cell. The idea is to create soil tranches. The garbage is deposited onto layers 1 to 3 meters high and then compacted by bulldozers to reduce the volume. Then the garbage is covered by a layer of dirt. Multiple of these layers are piled together until they reach maximum capacity and thus, we form a cell. The cell is then reinforced on all sides to prevent leakage to the soil.

What can you dump at a transfer station?

When waste arrives in a landfill it needs to be sorted out first. Therefore, we have waste sorting stations. These are specialized for municipal waste and not for other types of landfills. Garbage trucks dump their municipal waste. Then the waste is separated into recyclable waste and non-recyclable materials. The non-recyclable garbage is then separated into hazardous waste, energy recyclable waste, landfill waste, or incinerator waste. Afterward that it has been sorted out, it is then loaded onto garbage trucks, and this deposits the waste onto their designated places.



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  1. Why don’t you mention anywhere that the landfill is open on the first and third Saturday of the month?

  2. one hour ago I gave this page 2 star rating because you do not tell people that you are open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month. I believed what you said about the Monday hrs and I just went to the landfill and found a sign saying they are not open till 10. Do you think you could post the correct times? I wasted my expensive gas going there and I will give you a poor rating because I could not find one place that had the correct hrs listed.

  3. Please go to the City of Meriden Website for correct and current information.
    http://www.meridenct.gov

    The Meriden Transfer Station is open to Meriden residents ONLY and proof of residence must be shown.

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