Facility details
- Address
- 653 RIVER ST
Winchendon, MA 01475 - Phone
- (978) 297-0170
- Website
- townofwinchendon.com
- 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: 110043909508
Programs on file: EIA-860 62503 · MA-EPICS 207495
Interest types: ELECTRIC GENERATOR
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
- Winchendon Landfill & Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Winchendon, MA
- Winchendon Landfill Landfill 1.3 mi · Winchendon, MA
- New England Auto & Truck Recyclers (NEATR), PRP Recycling 5.0 mi · Winchendon, MA
- Royalston Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.2 mi · Royalston, MA
- Ashburnham Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.3 mi · Ashburnham, MA
- Gardner Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.3 mi · Gardner, MA
- West Street Landfill Landfill 7.5 mi · Gardner, MA
- Athol Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.3 mi · Athol, MA
- Fitzwilliam Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.3 mi · Fitzwilliam, NH
- Raw Material Recovery Corp MRF 9.5 mi · Gardner, MA
Nearest landfill: Winchendon Landfill, Winchendon — 1.3 mi
Area served
Serves Winchendon, Royalston, Baldwinville, Rindge, NH, Fitzwilliam, NH, Gardner, Ashburnham, East Templeton, Templeton, Athol, Jaffrey, NH, Troy, NH.
County context
One of 45 transfer stations in Worcester County, MA.
ZIP 01475 population 10,194.
Massachusetts solid-waste agency: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)