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Town of North Kingstown

    2050 Davisville Road      North Kingstown, RI 02852   Phone (401) 294-3331    ext 601

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NORTH KINGSTOWN TRANSFER STATION
                   345 DEVILS FOOT RD
                       (401) 295-4766

            TRANSFER STATION FOREMAN:  BUD SAMPSON

  TRANSFER STATION HOURS
  

   
Tuesday - Saturday - 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
                         

   
Closed:  Sunday & Monday and holidays

 

   NEW AT THE TRANSFER STATION:

      RECYCLE USED CLOTHING AND SHOES

       Residents may recycle gently used clothing and shoes at the North Kingstown Transfer Station.  The Town has partnered with Planet Aid, Inc., a non-profit organization that collects and recycles used clothing and shoes in 19 states across the USA.  For more information on Planet Aid click here.                                  

                       

 

    USED BOOKS FOR CHARITY COLLECTION
            
NOW AVAILABLE AT THE TRANSFER STATION

The Town of North Kingstown is partnering with HANDS ACROSS THE WATER INC. for a used book for charity collection program.  A container is available at the Transfer Station for residents to dispose of all hard cover and paperback books.  All types of books are acceptable; books on tape and DVD are also acceptable.  Residents are asked to bring items in BOXES to be stacked inside the container.  HANDS ACROSS THE WATER INC. is a non-profit organization that collects and distributes used books of all types to libraries and schools in Mississippi and Appalachia, in Africa and the poorer countries of Asia and eastern Europe.

For more information contact the Town's Recycling Coordinator at (401) 294-3331, ext. 641.

Fee Schedule: 

Residential Household Waste-$1.40 per bag, only with North Kingstown Tag.  Tags are sold in sheets of 5 only at a cost of $7.00 per sheet.  ONLY 08/09 green tags; NO E-WASTE ACCEPTED.

Commercial Household Waste (with Town license)- $1.40 per bag, only with North Kingstown Tag or $140 dollars per ton. 

Metal, brush, wood waste, demolition material, appliances (without refrigerant), and bulky items (those that do not fit in a 34 gallon bag)- seven cents per pound,  with a seven dollar ($7.00) minimum.

Appliances with refrigerant (e.g. refrigerator, air conditioner, freezer, and dehumidifier)- twelve dollars and fifty cents per unit 

Mattresses and Box Springs - $20.00 each  

Leaves and grass clippings-no charge to residents.

Leaves and grass clippings from Commercial Customers-six dollars($7.00) per cubic yard with a seven dollar ($7.00) minimum.

Tires, without the rims (maximum of 4) $2.00 per tire.

Empty  Propane Tanks  $3.00 per tank

Recyclable materials, e.g. metal cans, plastic bottles, glass, corrugated cardboard (flattened), newspapers, used motor oil, batteries, lightly used clothing and shoes, Christmas trees (seasonal) -at no charge to residents.

 

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TRANSFER STATION OPERATING PLAN                COMPOST OPERATIONS PLAN

 


 

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