Facility details
- Address
- 740 Belchertown Road
Amherst, MA 01002 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Hampshire County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1982 / 2003
- Ownership
- Public · Town of Amherst, MA
- Waste in place
- 525,096 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 36,135 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- No
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
Nearby facilities
- Amherst Transfer Station and Recycling Center Recycling 1.9 mi · Amherst, MA
- Umass Intermediate Processing Facility MRF 1.9 mi · Amherst, MA
- Amherst Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.0 mi · Amherst, MA
- Hadley Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.6 mi · Hadley, MA
- Leverett Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.7 mi · Leverett, MA
- Hatfield Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.1 mi · Hatfield, MA
- Belchertown Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.8 mi · Belchertown, MA
- Whately Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.6 mi · Whately, MA
- Northampton Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.9 mi · Northampton, MA
- Pro Pel Plastech PlasticsRecycling 8.2 mi · South Deerfield, MA
Nearest other landfill: Holyoke-Granby Landfill, Granby — 10.5 mi
Area served
Serves Amherst, Hadley, Hatfield, Sunderland, Northampton, West Hatfield, North Hatfield, Leverett, Granby, Shutesbury, Belchertown, South Hadley.
County context
One of 4 landfills in Hampshire County, MA.
ZIP 01002 population 24,726.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)