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South Okaloosa County Transfer Station

Residents and businesses; free tires and appliances for households

Hours
Monday to Friday6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday6 a.m. to noon
SundayClosed
  • Hours are in Central time.
  • Holiday closures aren’t posted. Call ahead near a holiday.
  • Last truck in at 4:45 p.m. on weekdays and 11:45 a.m. on Saturday.

630 Transit Way, Fort Walton Beach

Off Martin Luther King Jr Blvd

Get directionsCall the county office: Okaloosa County Solid Waste, 850-651-7394

This center has no phone of its own, so this calls Okaloosa County Solid Waste at 850-651-7394.

Not yet verified. Call ahead to confirm. Source checked Oct. 19, 2026.

Sources: Okaloosa County: Solid Waste; Okaloosa County: Recycling; Okaloosa County: Solid Waste Tip Fee Schedule (effective Oct. 1, 2023)

Run by Okaloosa County Solid Waste.

What it takes

The Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off, Fort Walton Beach and the Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off, Crestview take paint, used motor oil, batteries, and household hazardous waste. The Wright Yard Waste Facility and the Baker Landfill and North Transfer Station take brush.

Each item has its own rules. Check before you go.

Okaloosa County rules

  • The county’s transfer station scale rates, effective Oct. 1, 2023: $75.62 a ton for residential garbage from outside the franchise areas, $58.93 a ton for yard waste, $125 a ton for tires, and $3 at least a trip.
  • Anyone can drop off household recyclables at the South Okaloosa County Transfer Station and at the Baker site.
  • Waste Management collects garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulk waste at the curb in unincorporated Okaloosa County’s franchise areas (850-301-2822). Bulk pickup takes furniture, appliances, electronics, bicycles, drained push mowers, and up to 4 tires without rims, 20 inches or smaller, up to 4 cubic yards a pickup; the cities run their own service.

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