Facility details
- Address
- 147 Hampshire St
Cambridge, MA 02139 - Phone
- (617) 349-4800
- Website
- cambridgema.gov
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Middlesex County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110024362296, 110067609332
Programs on file: ICIS 6653 · MA-EPICS 34073 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler MAD981202039 · NPDES permit MAR041076
Interest types: ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, VSQG, ICIS-NPDES MINOR
EPA record updated 2016-07-05
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Anestis Metals Corp Recycling 0.5 mi · Somerville, MA
- Earthworm Recycling Recycling 0.9 mi · Somerville, MA
- Casella Waste Systems Recycling 1.3 mi · Boston, MA
- Casella Recycling of Charlestown Recycling 1.3 mi · Charlestown, MA
- Harvard Recycling & Surplus Center Recycling 1.7 mi · Allston, MA
- Boston Mattress Recycling Recycling 1.7 mi · Boston, MA
- Save That Stuff, Inc. Recycling 2.2 mi · Charlestown, MA
- Scrap It Recycling 2.2 mi · Everett, MA
- Radius Recycling MetalsRecycling 2.2 mi · Everett, MA
- Prolerized New England Co LLC Metals 2.3 mi · Everett, MA
Nearest landfill: Gardner Street Landfill, Boston — 7.5 mi
Area served
Serves Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, Allston, Charlestown, Brookline, Roxbury Crossing, Everett, Brighton, Roxbury, Medford, Chelsea.
County context
One of 51 recycling centers in Middlesex County, MA.
ZIP 02139 population 39,609.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)