Johnson County Transfer Station
Mountain City, TN
Facility details
- Address
- 398 Industrial Park Dr
Mountain City, TN 37683 - Phone
- (423) 727-7929
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Johnson County
- EPA Region
- 4
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Carter County/Elizabethton LF Landfill 14.3 mi · Elizabethton, TN
- Gross Recycling Recycling 15.7 mi · Abingdon, VA
- Town of Beech Mountain Transfer Station 16.1 mi · Beech Mountain, NC
- GP Harmon Recycling Recycling 17.7 mi · Elizabethton, TN
- Patriot Recycling Recycling 17.8 mi · Bristol, TN
- Dynamic Recycling LLC Recycling 17.9 mi · Bristol, TN
- Carter County Landfill & Transfer Station Landfill 18.1 mi · Elizabethton, TN
- Sullivan County-Bristol Transfer Station Transfer Station 18.2 mi · Bristol, TN
- Bristol Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility Landfill 18.6 mi · Bristol, VA
- Washington County Solid Waste Landfill Landfill 19.3 mi · Bristol, VA
Nearest landfill: Carter County/Elizabethton LF, Elizabethton — 14.3 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Blue Ridge Environmental14.0 mi · Bristol, TN · 2 drivers
- Patriot Recycling14.0 mi · Bristol, TN · 6 drivers
- Complete Plumbing Septic & Drain Solutions LLC14.8 mi · Abingdon, VA · 3 drivers
- Trash Pandas Inc14.8 mi · Abingdon, VA · 1 driver
- Hilton Recycling15.1 mi · Elizabethton, TN · 2 drivers
Area served
Serves Mountain City, Shady Valley, Trade, Butler, Zionville, NC, Laurel Bloomery, Vilas, NC, Creston, NC, Sugar Grove, NC, Bristol, Abingdon, VA.
County context
The only listed transfer station in Johnson County, TN.
ZIP 37683 at a glance
- Population
- 12,943 (37 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 46
- Households
- Median income $55,979 · 22% earn six figures
- Housing
- 77% owner-occupied · median home value $177,040 · median rent $671
- Workforce
- 43% labor-force participation · 3.6% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Tennessee solid-waste agency: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC)