Facility details
- Address
- 356 WINCHENDON RD (ROUTE 12)
Ashburnham, MA 01430 - Phone
- (978) 827-4104
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Worcester County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110013994687
Programs on file: Emissions inventory 6626611
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
- New England Auto & Truck Recyclers (NEATR), PRP Recycling 1.3 mi · Winchendon, MA
- Winchendon Landfill Landfill 5.0 mi · Winchendon, MA
- Gardner Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.1 mi · Gardner, MA
- Winchendon Landfill & Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.1 mi · Winchendon, MA
- West Street Landfill Landfill 6.1 mi · Gardner, MA
- Raw Material Recovery Corp MRF 6.1 mi · Gardner, MA
- Winchendon Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.3 mi · Winchendon, MA
- Harvey Recycling Recycling 8.2 mi · Fitchburg, MA
- Harvey Recycling of Fitchburg, LLC MRFRecycling 8.3 mi · Fitchburg, MA
- New Ipswich Landfill Landfill 9.0 mi · New Ipswich, NH
Nearest landfill: Winchendon Landfill, Winchendon — 5.0 mi
Area served
Serves Ashburnham, Winchendon, Gardner, Baldwinville, East Templeton, Rindge, NH, Ashby, Westminster, New Ipswich, NH, Templeton, Fitchburg, Royalston.
County context
One of 45 transfer stations in Worcester County, MA.
ZIP 01430 population 6,450.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)