Republic Services opens Arizona transfer station

The company says the new facility will allow for a reduction of around 15 trips per day to outlying disposal facilities.

Phoenix-based Republic Services has announced the opening of its Germann Transfer Station, which the company says will provide waste solutions throughout Arizona’s southeast valley. Republic says the new transfer station is capable of processing more than 420 tons of waste per day and will serve customers in the Arizona cities of Apache Junction, Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Pinal County, Queen Creek and Tempe.

“There will always be a need for the safe disposal of certain items in landfills,” says Alberto Guardado, area president of Republic Services. “Waste is inextricably linked to population growth and economic prosperity in any community. We believe the Valley’s brightest days are still ahead, and this new facility will support growth in our community for generations to come.”

Transfer stations serve as a central location where collection trucks consolidate waste collected from area residences or businesses, enabling trucks to more quickly return to their collection routes, the company explains. This process minimizes the number of collection trucks that would otherwise haul waste over long distances to a landfill. In addition to the operational efficiencies, transfer stations can enhance roadway safety, reduce diesel fuel consumption and improve air quality in a community, the company says.


Republic says the opening of the Germann Transfer Station is expected to allow the elimination of nearly 4,000 collection trips to outlying disposal facilities, or 15 trips per day, in 2015, according to Republic. The company notes that this savings is estimated to reduce diesel fuel consumption in local collection trucks by approximately 120,000 gallons, or 450 gallons per day, in 2015. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the carbon emissions reduction benefits as a result of these operational efficiencies are equal to preserving more than 870 acres of U.S. forest land or introducing more than 27,300 mature trees annually into the local environment.

Republic Services operates 198 transfer stations nationwide, which contribute to the collection of approximately 100 million tons of waste per year, according to the company. Republic says the Germann Transfer Station is capable of increasing annual capacity to meet future disposal needs in the southeast Valley.

In Arizona, Republic operates at 22 locations, including seven transfer stations and seven landfills, and employs more than 1,200 people statewide.