Facility details
- Address
- Gardner Street, West Roxbury
Boston, MA 02201 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Suffolk County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1963 / 1980
- Ownership
- Public · City of Boston, MA
- Waste in place
- 1,812,179 tons (as of 1980)
- Design capacity
- 2,640,488 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 119,070 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
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
- Ala Recycling Industries Recycling 1.9 mi · Chestnut Hill, MA
- Waste Management - Dedham Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.0 mi · Dedham, MA
- Brookline Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.0 mi · Brookline, MA
- Dedham Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.1 mi · Dedham, MA
- Needham Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Needham, MA
- Needham Recycling and Transfer Station Recycling 4.0 mi · Needham, MA
- James G. Grant Co. Recycling 4.1 mi · Boston, MA
- Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Transfer StationRecycling 4.6 mi · Wellesley, MA
- Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility Recycling 4.7 mi · Wellesley, MA
- Dover Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.7 mi · Dover, MA
Nearest other landfill: Quarry Hills Soils LF, Quincy — 7.5 mi
Area served
Serves West Roxbury, Newton Center, Dedham, Chestnut Hill, Newton Highlands, Needham Heights, Newton Upper Falls, Roslindale, Needham, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Brookline.
County context
One of 1 landfills in Suffolk County, MA.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)