Facility details
- Address
- 15 MCKAY AVE
Winchester, MA 01890 - Phone
- (781) 721-7178
- Website
- winchester.us
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Middlesex County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110024335003, 110071467144
Programs on file: MA-EPICS 39922 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler MAR000625871
Interest types: SQG
EPA record updated 2011-09-29
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
- Supreme Recycling Recycling 1.9 mi · Woburn, MA
- Wmi Connolly Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.4 mi · Melrose, MA
- Woburn Recycling and Converting Recycling 3.7 mi · Woburn, MA
- Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc. Transfer Station 3.8 mi · Woburn, MA
- Nahant Street Recycling Yard Waste Recycling 4.2 mi · Wakefield, MA
- ICT Asset Recovery Recycling 4.2 mi · Malden, MA
- Lexsort Compost Bin Recycling 4.6 mi · Lexington, MA
- Hanscom Afb Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.8 mi · Lexington, MA
- Michlin Demolition Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.8 mi · Cambridge, MA
- WM - Melrose MJ Connolly Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.5 mi · Melrose, MA
Nearest landfill: GCR LF, Peabody — 8.7 mi
Area served
Serves Winchester, Woburn, Stoneham, Medford, Arlington, Melrose, Lexington, Somerville, Burlington, Malden, Wakefield, Cambridge.
County context
One of 31 transfer stations in Middlesex County, MA.
ZIP 01890 population 22,862.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)