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Transfer Station / Recycling Center
The Transfer Station is for WINCHESTER RESIDENTS ONLY
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RECYCLOPEDIA!
Learn what can be recycled on the Recycle Smart website!
Applications
- Low Income Eligibility Requirements Opens in New Window
- Replacement Transfer Station Application (PDF) Opens in New Window
- Transfer Station Permit Application (PDF) Opens in New Window
- Transfer Station Exception (PDF) Opens in New Window
Transfer Station / Recycling Center Resources
- Beyond the Bin Recycling Directory
- Composting Guide Sheet (PDF)OpensinNewWind
- Winchester Composter Program Opens in New Window -- currently out of stock. More coming soon!
- Turn Your Trash into Electricity
- Leaves and Brush Area Rules Opens in New Window
- Winchester Private Haulers (PDF) Opens in New Window
- Recycle Smart
- Opens in New Windowin Arabic, in French, in Haitian Creole, in Mandarin, in Portuguese, in Spanish, in Vietnamese
This is Winchester. The Transfer Station is not a dump!
A video about the Town's Transfer Station. Thank you to Joyce Westner and Peter Engeldrum for this video!
Residential Permit Fees
Permit Type |
Fees |
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First Permit | $292 |
2nd regular permit | $20 |
Replacement Permit | $15 |
Low-Income Permit | $30 |
One-Day Permit | $50 |
Commercial Permit Fees
Permit Type |
Fees |
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First Permit for Commercial Trash Haulers | $300 |
Each Additional Permit | $225 |
All Other Commercial Vehicles | $225 |
*Permits for new residents only will be prorated to $67.00 after October 1st. New residents can not be listed on town Census prior to July 1st to qualify for prorated rate.
Items That Require An Additional Fee
- Minimum scale charge: $15
- Commercial solid waste: $170 per ton
- Commercial brush / trees / limbs: $185 per ton
- Commercial mixed: $195 per ton
- Commercial compost: $50 per ton
- Commercial bulky metal: $65 per ton
- Building and demolition debris: $230 per ton
- Defined as materials from construction, renovation, demolition, or wood of any kind
- Demolition debris may not exceed 42 inches in length
- All wood and plastic fencing and landscape materials
- Large quantities of clean gypsum wallboard are banned per the State of Massachusetts, and must be recycled at a C&D facility
- Freon units: $15 (air conditioner, dehumidifier, freezer, refrigerator, water, or wine cooler)
- Appliances: $10 (clothes dryer, clothes washer, dishwasher, heating unit oil or gas, hot water heater, stove, oven, range, trash compactor)
- Tires: $10 (18 inches or less)
- Propane tanks: $10 (20 lbs only)
- Television: $10 (laptops, TVs, monitors 5 inches to 16 inches)
- Television: $15 (TVs, monitors 17 inches - 36 inches)
- Television: $25 (TVs, monitors over 36 inches)
Notice: all refuse must be acceptable waste as determined by the director of public works. If you're not sure, check the list of unacceptable items.
Contact Us
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Transfer Station / Recycling Center
15 McKay Ave.
Rear
Winchester, MA 01890
Ph: 781-721-7178
Hours
Tuesday
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Thursday
12 noon - 7 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.