Facility details
- Address
- 14 Forest Rd
Acton, MA 01720 - Phone
- (978) 264-9459
- Website
- acton-ma.gov
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- 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: 110033095656, 110070395645
Programs on file: Emissions inventory 5249811 · MA-EPICS 131288 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler MAD982755688 · EIA-860 59543
Interest types: ELECTRIC GENERATOR
EPA record updated 2017-06-01
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Town of Acton Transfer Station 0.1 mi · Acton, MA
- Clean Out Your Office LLC Recycling 3.4 mi · Acton, MA
- Boxborough Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Boxborough, MA
- Carlisle Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.6 mi · Carlisle, MA
- Roof Top Recycling Recycling 6.4 mi · Boxborough, MA
- Boxborough Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.5 mi · Boxborough, MA
- Littleton Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.4 mi · Littleton, MA
- RCI Hudson/Stow LF Landfill 7.4 mi · Hudson, MA
- Liberty Tire Reyclers Recycling 7.5 mi · Littleton, MA
- Town of Wayland Sanitary Landfill and Recycling Facility Recycling 7.8 mi · Wayland, MA
Nearest landfill: RCI Hudson/Stow LF, Hudson — 7.4 mi
Area served
Serves Acton, Concord, Maynard, Boxborough, Littleton, Stow, Carlisle, Sudbury, Lincoln, Hanscom Afb, Harvard, Westford.
County context
One of 31 transfer stations in Middlesex County, MA.
ZIP 01720 population 23,322.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)