Transfer Station / Recycling Center

Team Transfer Station Guidelines

• Trumbull Residents: Driver’s License is required.
• Monroe Residents: Payment must be made by credit/debit card only directly at the Transfer Station.  Tickets are no long being sold.
• Easton Residents:  Tickets must be purchased at Easton Town Hall prior to arriving at the Transfer Station. If a resident doesn’t have enough tickets for their items, they can pay the difference via debit/credit card at the Transfer Station.
• The Transfer Station does not accept any organic composting material (yard waste/brush) from residents of Monroe or Easton.
• No tickets are required for recyclables, scrap metal, electronics, batteries, residential motor oil, residential cooking oil, and antifreeze.

Unacceptable Materials

• Car Batteries
• Liquids
• Propane Tanks
• Rocks, Dirt or Sand

Recycling at Transfer Station

No tickets/payment required for Easton and Monroe residents.

Single Stream Recycling

The Town of Trumbull is a single stream recycler. All recyclables may be brought to the Transfer Station. Place all residential recyclables over a green wall next to the main building marked "Single Stream Recycling." Please refer to What's In What's Out (PDF) for acceptable items. Please flatten boxes and no plastic bags.

Scrap Metal Recycling

Place all scrap metal items over a gray wall marked "Metal."

Electronic Waste Recycling

Used electronics are collected in a separate container at the transfer station. Please refer to the list of accepted electronics prior to drop off.

Glass Recycling

The Town of Trumbull has a separate ‘GLASS ONLY’ recycling container at the Trumbull Transfer Station!  

Under a pilot program designed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), residents can voluntarily bring their glass recyclables to deposit in the GLASS ONLY recycling container 

Accepted glass includes:

• rinsed glass bottles (redeemable and non-redeemable)
• food jars
• wine and liquor bottles

Remove and discard lids, tops and corks.

Unaccepted items:

• No: mirrors; window glass; drinking glasses; glass, ceramic, or clay plates, cups, pots or bakeware; lightbulbs

Why Recycle Glass Separately?

While it is convenient to put glass into the blue bin, contamination from non-recyclables can occur from items such as partially filled containers, soggy boxes, plastic bags, and shattered bottles. This can compromise the quality of our recycling resulting in rejected loads that end up in the landfill.

When you separate glass from mixed recycling, each recycling stream is freed from contamination by the other, and the value for each recycled commodity improves.  The clean, separated glass can be sold and recycled into new bottles and jars or other products such as industrial filler for cement, and the higher quality mixed recycling commodities become more marketable.

For further information contact the Department of Public Works or email Sustainable Trumbull

Glass Recycling Resources:  Click below for more information 

• CT DEEP Launch Article  
• CT DEEP Glass Plan PDF  
• Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority Program Overview

For further information contact the Department of Public Works or email Sustainable Trumbull

Glass Recycling Resources:  Click below for more information 

• CT DEEP Launch Article  
• CT DEEP Glass Plan PDF  
• Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority Program Overview

Additional Items for Recycling

• Antifreeze
• Cooking Oil
• Motor Oil will be accepted at the Transfer Station from Trumbull residents only with a limit of 10 quarts per vehicle per week. Easton and Monroe residents must check with their respective Town Halls for recycling instructions.

Place all items inside the main building.

Organic Material

• Trumbull Commercial Landscapers will be charged the commercial rate of $8 per 125 lbs.
• Grass
• Leaves (Town residents: free; Commercial: Any oversize Leaf Box charged $35 per Ton)
• Tree Limbs (four feet long and six-inch diameter)
• Twigs
• Weeds
• The Transfer Station does not accept any organic composting material (yard waste) from residents of Monroe or Easton.

Unacceptable Materials

• Paint and Paint Cans (Learn how to properly dispose of paint and paint cans.)
• Liquids
• Propane Tanks
• Rocks, Dirt, or Sand
• Lumber / wood longer than 4 feet
• Plastic bags: for recycling options see Sustainable Trumbull's Plastic Film Collection and Monthly Recycling Drive
• Railroad Ties or Logs with Creosote
• Stumps

Disposal Fees Required

Demolition Material

Demolition tickets are required; it is $12 per 125 pounds.  Residents may pay for disposal of demolition materials at the Transfer Station; credit/debit cards only accepted.

• Cement
• Ceramic tile
• Sinks
• Toilets
• Dishware
• Plaster
• Plasterboard
• Roof Shingles
• Sheetrock

Tires

The cost of tire disposal is $2 per tire.

Paint Disposal

Learn how to properly dispose of paint and paint cans.

Single Stream Recycling in Curbside Bins

Please refer to What's In What's Out (PDF)  for acceptable items. Please flatten boxes and no plastic bags.

If greater capacity is needed, additional Recycling Blue Bins may be purchased at the Highway Department for $12, exact cash or credit card only accepted. 

The Highway Department is located at 366 Church Hill Road and is open between the hours of 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For more information, telephone the Highway Department at 203-452-5070 or 203-452-5071.

Christmas Tree Disposal

The Town does not pick up "live" Christmas trees curbside. They should be taken by your trash hauler, or they can be brought by the homeowner to the TEaM Transfer Station on Spring Hill Road. 

Trumbull residents may bring “live” Christmas trees to the TEaM Transfer Station on Spring Hill Road for free disposal.  

Please note that trees should not be in plastic bags and all decorations such as tinsel, ornaments and lights must be removed.  

Alternatively, you may directly contact your residential trash hauler to ask if arrangements can be made through them for curbside pick-up of “live” Christmas Trees.