HOURS: TUES 9am-11am  THUR 4-6pm   1st and 3rd SAT 9am-Noon

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We have no special events planned for a while.  If the heat index is 95 during our open hours, we will not be open so keep an eye on that for the end of the week.  We are not open on Saturday as it’s the 4th of the month.  

Residents of Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling and West Boylston may use the Wachusett Watershed Regional Recycling Center during our public hours.   

CURRENT HOURS: Tues 9-11a.m.; Thurs 4-6p.m.; 1st and 3rd Sat 9a.m. to noon.     

If you’d like to check before packing to visit us, check here,  our Facebook page or call us at 978-464-2854 for messages if we’ve had to close.   As warmer days approach remember we’ll not open if the heat index is predicted to be 95 during the open hours.            

If you’d like to make a donation online to Wachusett Earthday please click here and click on the Donate button.  Your donation will help us to continue to improve the site, offer new options for recycling and better store and display items for reuse or transport them to other organizations.

Building drop off: You can drop off 2 boxes but they MUST close and MUST be 30 lbs or less.   We will reject those that don’t meet this criteria.  We simply can’t manage the literal ton of material dropped off on each open day if it’s not packed correctly.  Thank you for your help.

Welcome! We accept curbside recycling items, textiles and many hard to recycle items (some with a fee).  We also have tons of free items for reuse throughout the site.

Site Entry: Everyone must go through Check In.  We track participation for the towns.

We hold document shredding, latex paint and household hazardous waste collection events a few times per year for residents of our member towns.  Read on for more information, send us a message, give us a call, or check out our Facebook page.   DEP and State regulations prohibit us from accepting household trash/garbage, yard waste, creosote lumber, ammunition, explosives, flares, medications or sharps.

 

VOLUNTEER INFO

 

Yes! We need your help

As an almost completely all-volunteer operation, we rely on our volunteers to keep the site open. Please consider helping out, if only for one slot/week (or month). We are friendly, welcoming folks.

Click here for more volunteer info.

CONTACT INFO

  • Wachusett Earthday Inc.
    Wachusett Watershed Regional Recycling Center
    131 Raymond Huntington Highway
    West Boylston, MA 01583
  • 978-464-2854
  • contact@wachusettearthday.org
  • https://www.wachusettearthday.org

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Wachusett Earthday Inc. is excited to offer a few FREE 2 hour stress reduction sessions on Thursday evenings from 4pm to 6pm at the Wachusett Watershed Regional Recycling Center. Come and smash Styrofoam and bag it for recycling. We can also make additional slots available on Mondays and Fridays 10am-1pm or Wednesdays 1-4pm. 😁In addition to working out some stress by smashing the Styrofoam you'll feel good about helping the planet by preparing this for recycling rather than letting it go to a landfill where it will sit for hundreds of years, possibly shedding microplastics if it does degrade at all. Fill out a volunteer form online if you are interested. wachusettearthday.org/volunteer/Just add Styrofoam under the Comments section. ... See MoreSee Less

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