Northwest Residential Drop-Off Center

Houston city drop-off at 14400 Sommermeyer, on the Northwest Transfer Station site the city plans to rebuild.

The Northwest Residential Drop-Off Center, at 14400 Sommermeyer, keeps hours of Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It sits beside the city’s Northwest Transfer Station on a site bounded by Sommermeyer Road, Teague Road and Windfern Lane. The city has budgeted a new transfer station building there and a replacement for the depository’s staff building, destroyed in the May 2024 derecho.

Serves: Houston trash pickup and drop-off rules.

What this center takes and what it does not

Residents can leave mattresses, furniture (two large items), appliances, refrigerators whose refrigerant-removal tag is attached, tree waste, junk and recyclables here. Passenger tires are taken, five a visit and 10 a month, and so are 5 quarts of motor oil. Household garbage, TVs, paint, chemicals, dirt and concrete are not.

About this site

City pages also call the site the Sommermeyer Neighborhood Depository/Recycling Center; it was formerly referred to as the Windfern Depository. The depository page gives ZIP 77041, while the city’s facility map lists 14400 Sommermeyer under 77040. The grounds border a police station and Public Works facilities.

The adopted FY2026-2030 Capital Improvement Plan set aside $333,000 for a modular building to replace the staff building the May 2024 derecho destroyed.

The transfer station next door is to be replaced:

• City Council awarded Tellepsen Builders a design-build contract for the Northwest Transfer Station Replacement Project on May 13, 2025, with $1,422,528.09 for pre-construction.
• The FY2027-2031 Capital Improvement Plan budgets $17.676 million in FY2027 for the replacement.
• The city’s 2024 bid documents projected construction to start in October 2026 and included asbestos and lead-paint surveys of the Sommermeyer depository building.
• A July 2026 Planning Commission variance for the new 40,000-square-foot transfer station lists the site at 14421 Sommermeyer, 7.529 acres, and notes that it also includes the neighborhood depository.

Rules at every Houston drop-off center

The six Houston centers, run by Houston Public Works’ Solid Waste Management Division, share residency, ID, visit and vehicle rules. See the Houston Solid Waste Management listing for the full set.