North Gateway Transfer Station

North Phoenix’s transfer station, half a mile northeast of the Dixileta Drive highway exit.

North Gateway Transfer Station hours run from 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Phoenix gives its address as 30205 N. Black Canyon Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85085, and locates it half a mile northeast of Dixileta Drive exit 220.

Serves: Phoenix trash pickup and drop-off rules.

About this site

North Gateway serves the northern side of the city’s transfer system. Its adjoining materials recovery facility sorts collected recyclables into separate streams; the city’s transfer-station page describes machinery separating glass, paper, metal, cardboard and plastic.

For a gently used building-material donation, the same city page identifies a reuse drop-off at 27th Avenue Transfer Station, rather than promising that service at North Gateway. Check the southern site’s accepted items and speak to its scale-house attendant before unloading.

Rules at both Phoenix transfer stations

Consult Phoenix Public Works’ shared transfer-station instructions ↗ for accepted loads, resident identification, charges and holiday closures. The city’s common rules apply here too; keep the load secured until the facility permits unloading.

Type: Transfer station
State: Arizona
City: Phoenix
Address: 30205 N. Black Canyon Hwy., Phoenix, AZ 85085
Hours: Monday to Friday 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Sunday and city holidays
Who can use it: Phoenix residents with a current city services bill and matching photo ID
Fees: One load of up to 1 ton a month free for residential customers; $55 a ton after that; $20 for an uncovered load
Takes: Trash, recyclables, yard waste, five car tires a year with the rims off, two CRT TVs a month and one refrigerant appliance a year
Does not take: Household hazardous waste
Run by: City of Phoenix Public Works
Phone: 602-262-6251
Official website: phoenix.gov
Primary source: phoenix.gov
Last verified: September 23, 2026

Questions

Which highway exit is near North Gateway Transfer Station?

Phoenix places the facility half a mile northeast of the Dixileta Drive exit, exit 220, on Black Canyon Highway. The listed street address is 30205 N. Black Canyon Highway.

Does North Gateway Transfer Station offer the building-materials reuse area?

The city’s page identifies that service at 27th Avenue, not here. For reusable cabinets, selected windows and plumbing fixtures, follow the southern station’s reuse instructions instead of assuming both locations provide the same donation service.

Is North Gateway Transfer Station a landfill?

It is a transfer station. The city says its transfer system temporarily holds Phoenix trash before transport to the State Route 85 Landfill in Buckeye. Its materials recovery facility separately sorts recyclables; those are different operations.

Sources

City of Phoenix Public Works: transfer stations and materials recovery ↗ — no date shown; northern location, highway landmark, hours, recycling operation and shared service rules.

Sources and corrections

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