Operating Solid Waste Processing Facilities

Transfer stations are facilities where solid waste is unloaded directly from trash collection containers into a different collection or transport container, or the solid waste is briefly stored within the facility until it is placed in a different collection or transport container for transporting to a permitted disposal facility. By combining the loads of several small waste collection trucks into a single large tractor trailer for transporting, the number of trips to and from disposal sites is reduced and money is saved on transportation costs. For more information about these facilities, review Missouri Solid Waste Transfer Stations - PUB2152.

The transfer stations currently operating in Missouri are listed below, sorted by the county in which they operate. More information about the facility is available in the Missouri Solid Waste Management interactive map. Click on the "expand" tab in the bottom center of the map screen for a table listing all solid waste facilities in Missouri. 

Material recovery facilities are facilities where materials are received and sorted to allow recyclable or recoverable materials to be removed from the waste stream. These materials may be recycled, reused, composted or processed through other methods, preparing it for reuse or generating a new product from the processed material. The materials are then transported to buyers for remanufacturing, sold for beneficial use or kept by the facility for beneficial use.

If the material that comes into the recovery facility is source-separated material that may all be reused, recycled or processed into different or new products, and no waste is produced during the material processing in the facility, the facility may be allowed an exemption to operate without a solid waste processing facility permit. However, if waste materials are mixed with the materials that come into the recovery facility to be processed for reuse, recycling or other processing, or waste is produced by the facility during the material processing, then the facility must operate with a solid waste processing facility permit.

The material recovery facilities currently operating in Missouri are listed below, sorted by the county in which they operate. More information about the facility is available in the Missouri Solid Waste Management interactive map. Click on the "expand" tab in the bottom center of the map screen for a table listing all solid waste facilities in Missouri.

These types of processing facilities accept infectious waste to either transfer it from smaller trucks into larger tractor trailers for transporting to a permitted disposal facility or to process the waste, treating the material so that it is no longer infectious. In Missouri, infectious waste is a defined as a waste that contains strong and numerous pathogens that if someone comes in contact with it, that person could get an infectious disease from it. For more information about infectious waste, review Infectious Waste Management. 

The infectious waste processing facilities currently operating in Missouri are listed below, sorted by the county in which they operate. More information about the facility is available in the Missouri Solid Waste Management interactive map. Click on the "expand" tab in the bottom center of the map screen for a table listing all solid waste facilities in Missouri. For a list of companies or individuals who have obtained a license to transport infectious waste in Missouri, visit Hazardous Waste and Infectious Waste Transporters.