Massachusetts Landfills, Transfer Stations & Dumps
Where to dump in Massachusetts, town by town, with the real hours, fees and permit rules from each operator's own pages. The finder shows 226 transfer stations, landfills and drop-off centers from the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)'s facility data; the places below are checked by hand.
Massachusetts towns and cities
How disposal works in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts the dump is usually your town transfer station, and access works by sticker or permit: free in Needham (with yellow pay-per-throw bags), $40 in Falmouth, about $190 in Plymouth and $410 in Barnstable. Worcester residents drop off bulk items for $5 each by appointment.
State waste bans keep mattresses, textiles, appliances, car batteries, whole tires, tube TVs and yard waste out of the trash, so transfer stations take them separately, usually for a fee.
We're writing Massachusetts up place by place: 5 places are live, and our guide to what it costs to dump in Massachusetts puts their rates side by side. The finder covers every transfer station and active household-trash landfill on MassDEP's lists; most town stations are for that town's residents only.