Shaffer Landfill

Landfill

Billerica, MA

This landfill is closed (closed 1987).

Facility details

Address
Billerica, MA 01821
Facility type
Landfill
County
Middlesex County
EPA Region
1
Data sources
EPA LMOP Sep 2024
Last verified
2026-10-09

EPA record

Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110063277742

Programs on file: LMOP 1836

Interest types: LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY

EPA LMOP landfill data

Status
Closed
Opened / Closed
1913 / 1987
Ownership
Private · PRP Group
Annual acceptance
365,000 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

Nearest other landfill: Lowell LF, Lowell — 6.4 mi

Area served

Serves Billerica, Tewksbury, North Billerica, Wilmington, Lowell, Chelmsford, Burlington, Bedford, Andover, Carlisle, Dracut, Reading.

County context

One of 5 landfills in Middlesex County, MA.

ZIP 01821 population 30,203.

Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)