TRANSFER STATIONS

• INCREASE efficiencies GARBAGE

IN
• LOWER collection costs PER DAY

• REDUCE fuel consumption

970 tons
• IMPROVE air quality 118 garbage trucks
• ENHANCE road safety

Based on July 2015 data at Metro Central Transfer Station

3.5
GARBAGE
TRUCK
LOADS =

1
TRANSFER
TRUCK
LOAD
=

GARBAGE
Metro Central
Transfer Station
OUT
Metro Park East
Landfill
PER DAY
Metro Northwest
Transfer Station

970 tons
27 transfer trips

Residential garbage
is collected curbside
and commercial
garbage is collected
from businesses.

1
Haulers dump

2
full garbage Garbage

3
loads at the is pushed
transfer by loaders
station and into semi-
can return trailer trucks
to collection waiting in
duties quickly. the tunnels
below.

4
Semi-trailer trucks
make continuous
trips between the
transfer station and
the landfill.
 FACTS

Metro Northwest Transfer Station

Who Comes to the

Building Facts Transfer Station?
• Environmental protection guided the facility’s design. • Residential and commercial
• It features ten bays for garbage trucks to back in and haulers bring garbage to this
unload waste. facility.
• Semi-trucks drive through one of two tunnels to load • It is not open to the public.
garbage from the top of the trailer. • 88% of residential waste
• Cost - $13.5 million. produced in the Metro is brought
• Size - 28,700 square feet. to a transfer station before going
to the landfill.

Why a Second Transfer Station?

• Due to regional growth, the initial transfer
station on Delaware Ave. in Des Moines
routinely receives tonnages far beyond its This new facility allows us to
intended capacity.
• It is estimated the new transfer station will
provide long-term solutions in a
receive about 40% of the waste going to cost-effective and environmentally
the existing transfer station.
• The Metro Northwest Transfer Station is
sound manner for our growing
centrally located to much of the growth Metro area.
occurring on the western side of the Metro.
• The addition of the new transfer station - Reo Menning, Executive Director
allows Metro Waste Authority to effectively
manage the projected garbage volume for
the next 30 years.

What’s Next?
• The Metro Northwest Transfer Station opens for operation in mid-December.
• A permanent space on site will accept household hazardous waste. Residents can drop-off
unwanted materials for safe disposal on 10 Saturdays each year beginning February 2016.
• This is Metro Waste Authority’s first facility in the western suburbs. The organization will
continue to assess community needs in the years to come.