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Where to get rid of yard waste near Worcester, MA

We found 12 open or status-unknown disposal sites within 50 miles of Worcester, and 8 of them have rules we checked against an official website. 3 list yard waste as accepted; the closest is Waste Management, about 16 miles away.

Nearest sites and what they say about yard waste

  • Oxford Transfer Station · 7.0 mi · Worcester County, MA Verified
    Verified site, but its posted rules don't mention yard waste – call to confirm
  • Town of Webster Dump · 14.0 mi · Webster, MA Verified
    Verified site, but its posted rules don't mention yard waste – call to confirm
  • Waste Transfer Station · 14.4 mi · Worcester County, MA
    Not verified yet – call to confirm
  • Brookfield Transfer Station · 14.7 mi · Worcester County, MA Verified
    Verified site, but its posted rules don't mention yard waste – call to confirm
  • Town of Bolton Transfer Stations · 15.0 mi · Worcester County, MA Verified
    Verified site, but its posted rules don't mention yard waste – call to confirm
  • Waste Management · 16.2 mi · Worcester County, MA Verified
    Listed as accepted

    Posted rule: “also single stream recycling, cardboard, white goods, TV/monitors, commercial organic material”

  • Transfer station at 300 Cox Street, Middlesex County · 16.2 mi · Middlesex County, MA
    Not verified yet – call to confirm
  • Fitchburg-Westminster LF · 18.6 mi · Westminster, MA Verified
    Listed as accepted

    Posted rule: “Municipal solid waste, non-regulated industrial sludges, clean soils, non-hazardous contaminated soils, yard/green waste”

  • Framingham Recycling Drop-Off Center · 19.2 mi · Middlesex County, MA Verified
    Verified site, but its posted rules don't mention yard waste – call to confirm
  • Junk King Worcester · 20.4 mi · Worcester County, MA
    Not verified yet – call to confirm
  • Sturbridge Landfill · 22.3 mi · Sturbridge, MA Verified
    Listed as accepted

    Posted rule: “Recyclables (cardboard, paper, glass, cans, scrap metal, plastics #1-7, rigid plastics, styrofoam), PAYT trash, bulky items (fee), yard waste year-round, household hazardous waste on collection days”

  • Manca Brothers, Inc. · 23.3 mi · Worcester County, MA
    Not verified yet – call to confirm

Distances are straight-line from the center of Worcester. “Listed as accepted” means the site’s official page mentions it; we quote the exact wording. We never guess for sites we haven’t checked.

Don't want to haul it yourself? Get a junk removal quote

Junk removal crews load and dispose of it for you, usually priced by how much of the truck you fill.

Tip: get two or three quotes from local junk removal companies, and ask whether the price includes the dump fee and labor.

Bigger project? Estimate the dumpster size you need.

General tips for yard waste

A number of states ban yard trimmings from landfills, so many facilities send yard waste to a separate compost or mulch area, often at a lower price than trash, and sometimes free for residents. Loads usually must be free of trash, plastic bags, rocks and dirt.

Other options. Many cities collect yard waste curbside on a schedule, with limits on bundle size and branch length. Composting at home handles leaves and grass (see EPA's home composting guide). Some municipal mulch sites give away finished mulch.

Before you go. Ask about branch diameter or length limits, whether stumps cost extra, and whether paper bags are OK.

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