🚛 McDowell County Transfer Station
📍 3809 NC 226 South, Marion, NC 28752 · Transfer Station run by McDowell County Public Services
💵 Published Fees
🕒 Hours
The county says its waste is loaded into trailers here and hauled to an approved landfill in Caldwell County. County residents are asked to take bagged household waste to a convenience center instead.
📞 Contact
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✅ What They Take
- ➕Accepts solid waste from the county's industries and from municipal and county collection. Also runs a scrap metal and white goods recycling area and a yard waste area for brush and limbs 4 inches or less across.
🚫 Not Accepted
- 🚫Brush or limbs over 4 inches across (inference from the 4 inch limit the county prints)
📋 Before You Go
- ✅Residents are told to use a convenience center for bagged household waste.
- ✅Cards accepted with an extra fee of $3 or 3%, whichever is greater.
🔎 Sources Disagree
- 🔎The county's convenience center page lists a '226 Site' at the same street address, 3809 NC 226, as the transfer station. We list it as a separate convenience center and treat both as being at one site (inference).
- 🔎The county page prints no fees for mattresses, scrap metal or white goods.
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Checked October 23, 2026. Prices change, often once a year. Call before you load up.
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