
Saturday June 7 we will be collecting Latex paint and on Saturday June 21 we have a free furniture and housewares drop off for items accepted by Household Goods Furniture Bank while they are onsite. Otherwise, we should be open as usual. We don’t close for rain but if we are having severe weather, we may postpone service until the worst has passed, lightening is over etc.
Residents of Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling and West Boylston may use the Wachusett Watershed Regional Recycling Center.
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.

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