🚛 San Francisco Transfer Station
📍 501 Tunnel Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94134 · Transfer Station run by Recology San Francisco
💵 Published Fees
🕒 Hours
Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Enter on Recycle Road. Busiest at lunch and from 3 PM to closing.
📞 Contact
📞 (415) 330-1400🌐 Visit Website🗺️ Get DirectionsRun this facility? Claim this listing free to correct or add details.
✅ What They Take
- ➕Clean cardboard, no charge (loads over 200 lb go to Recycle Central at Pier 96)
- ➕Styrofoam, no fee
- ➕Household hazardous waste goes to the hazardous waste facility on the same site
🚫 Not Accepted
- 🚫Loads of 10 or more tires unless you are a registered tire hauler
- 🚫Wet, moldy or badly damaged mattresses at the free rate
📋 Before You Go
- ✅Visa, Mastercard and cash at the facility. No checks.
- ✅All loads must be tarped and tied down. You unload your own material under supervision.
- ✅No dollies or tools provided.
🔎 Sources Disagree
- 🔎City: the SF Environment listing gives a Brisbane, CA 94005 mailing address; Recology and the postal geocoder place 501 Tunnel Avenue in San Francisco 94134.
- 🔎The SF Environment listing publishes no hours or fees and points to Recology.
- 🔎Per-ton rates and the C&D permit rule come from Recology's table; the page gives no effective date.
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Checked October 23, 2026. Prices change, often once a year. Call before you load up.
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