Michigan
Transfer station
South Branch Township transfer station
Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for South Branch Township Pioneer and McMasters Transfer Sites.
Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-06
Who can use it
Residential use only, current refuse permit shown to attendant. Businesses, rental homes, home businesses and farms must arrange their own business refuse service.
Hours
- Current township homepage: Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Facility-local Eastern Time.
- County recycling page conflicts: Pioneer Saturday/Sunday/Monday/Wednesday 8-11 a.m.and 1-5 p.m. Call township to confirm current gate/lunch schedule before traveling. Office hours are not site hours.
Sticker or permit
Required: Yes
Price: $100 annual refuse assessment stated in 2026 townshipnotice; separate permit price not verified.
Where to buy: Contact South Branch Township 989-275-8232.
Notes: Current refuse permit shown before disposal; residentialonly, five 30 galbags/week.
Per-item fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Annual refuse assessment | Township 2026 notice says refuse fee remains $100/year; parcels without a house but with an accessory building now assessed too. This is an annual parcel fee, not a quoted walk-in load price. |
| Weekly household allowance | Township homepage says five 30-gallonbags/week. Current permit required. No extra-bag charge verified. |
Hazardous waste
Not a general household hazardous waste drop-off. Consult the county program for those materials.
Holiday closures
Holiday closures not published on the linked facility page. Confirm before a holiday visit.
Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-06 from official sources .
Other notes
- Both physical site addresses are in the township accepted-items document. The township hall 5245 North M-18 and post-officebox are not disposal entrances.
- Pioneer compactor is ordinary household waste. Loose recycling includes paper, glass, metal and listed plastics; clean flattened corrugated/paperboard belongs in the separate bright-green cardboard dumpster. Pioneer compost area takes leaves/grass only.
- Mc Masters has household dumpsters, recycling, cardboard and large-metal recycling. Do not assume Pioneer compost service exists at Mc Masters. Large-metal stream excludes Freon, glass and wood.
- Rules conflict: accepted-items PDF describes dumpster pieces no bigger than 2 x 2 feet; homepage says no building/home-remodel material or large items. Follow stricter exclusion and ask attendant; dismantling construction debris does not make it approved.
- Accepted-items PDF says plastics 1-8, an unusual numbering that goes beyond normal resin codes. Do not interpret this as an invented eighth resin category or approval of every plastic; ask attendant about actual containers.
- 2026 large-item events were June 13/27 and July 11, already over. That flyer also mixes 2025 permit wording with 2026 permit instructions. No November bulky-item event or future allowance is promised; current homepage requires current permit.
- No tires, refrigerators/freezers/AC, construction debris or HHW in the 2026 large-item rules. Use township-approved separate disposal rather than leaving them at the gate.
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Sources
Every fee and hour above was taken from these official pages or PDFs on 2026-11-06. If something conflicts, trust the town.