New transfer station for North Seattle Goodbye 'dump,' hello North Transfer Station

A garbage truck pulls out of the newly renovated and reopened Seattle Public Utilities North Transfer Station, on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Special fabric doors keep noise and odor out of the neighborhood. A garbage truck pulls out of the newly renovated and reopened Seattle Public Utilities North Transfer Station, on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Special fabric doors keep noise and odor out of the neighborhood. Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY, SEATTLEPI.COM Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY, SEATTLEPI.COM Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close New transfer station for North Seattle 1 / 18 Back to Gallery

North Seattle residents rejoice. There's a new place to take your garbage.

After two years under construction, the new North Transfer Station is opening for business.

With a price tag of $108 million, the new station on North 34th Street is a big improvement over the old "dump" that served in the same spot for more than 50 years, according to a news release from Seattle Public Utilities

The new facility is expected to serve for at least another 50 years.

Seattle's old north-end facility wasn't meant to process recycling -- it was meant to run everything through as solid waste. But these days, Seattleites send 60 percent of their solid waste to recycling, and that effort takes a whole different facility.

The new transfer station was also designed to be environmentally friendly and safer for workers, the release noted.