Construction Debris Recycling in Massachusetts

Boston Building Resources Reuse Center

100 Terrace Street

(617) 442-2262

Donation drop-off: Tue and Sat 10:00 AM-2:00 PM or by appointment. Shopping: Wed 12:00 PM-5:00 PM; Thu 10:00 AM-7:00 PM; Fri 10:00 AM-6:00 PM; Sat 10:00 AM-5:00 PM

Contractors hire this 501(c)(3) to pull reusable building materials off renovation and demolition jobs. Boston Building Resources, at 100 Terrace Street, pairs that deconstruction work with a nonprofit reuse store. A coordinator walks the project and writes a recovery plan that covers scope and cost. Materials named for recovery include cabinetry, appliances, plumbing fixtures, lighting, millwork, and lumber, and the crew removes them the same day. The shop is closed Monday and Sunday. Shopping hours are Wednesday noon to 5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday is drop-off only. Donations are accepted Tuesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or by appointment.

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E.L. Harvey Fitchburg Facility

50 Arbor Way

508-836-3000

Mon to Fri 7 am to 4:30 pm; closed Sat and Sun

E.L. Harvey runs its Fitchburg site at 50 Arbor Way as one of two facilities with public scale services, the other in Westborough. Haulers, contractors, builders, landscapers, and the general public weigh in loads of municipal solid waste, construction and demolition material, shingles, metals, wood, cardboard, and single stream recyclables. The site opens Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and closes weekends. E.L. Harvey also runs residential and commercial collection in dozens of Massachusetts towns, plus dumpster rental, bulk pickup, and mobile shredding.

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Conigliaro Industries

701 Waverly St

(508) 872-9668

Mon to Fri 7:00AM to 4:30PM

Difficult waste is the specialty at Conigliaro Industries, a family-owned recycler in Framingham that started in 1990 and now runs an 88,000-square-foot material recovery facility. The plant handles about 150 materials, including rigid plastics #1 through #7, EPS and other foam plastics, plastic film, mixed glass and lab glassware, mattresses, office cubicles, roofing shingles, concrete and brick, clean wood, and industrial scrap. Customers include industrial, institutional, and municipal accounts and contractors across New England, plus homeowners clearing out a house. Homeowners can load a vehicle and use the Fountain Street drop-off center, or order container service, live load pickup, or loading and removal. The accepted list changes week to week with commodity markets.

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Windfield Recycling

15 Medford St

(800) 626-1230

Windfield was founded in Lawrence in 1978 as a small precious metals operation, and the Medford Street site is now one of its three recycling centers across Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The company handles ferrous and non-ferrous scrap, electronics recycling with data destruction, precious metals refining, and commercial waste and demolition recycling for Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies and private citizens. Windfield rents 10 to 40 yard dumpsters, plus box trucks and tractor trailers sized for electronics and appliances, and books them through an online logistics portal. Its ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and R2v3 certifications cover only the Atkinson, New Hampshire headquarters. The Lawrence yard opens Saturday mornings.

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Marlboro Transfer Station (Post Road Transfer & Recovery)

791 Boston Post Rd.

(508) 481-0336

Mon to Fri 7:00AM to 5:00PM

Waste Management transfer station, also called Post Road Transfer & Recovery, that takes construction and demolition debris, household trash, and other solid waste. Call ahead for pricing and material requirements.

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E.L. Harvey Westborough Facility

68 Hopkinton Road

508-836-3000

Mon to Fri 7 am to 4:30 pm; closed Sat and Sun

E.L. Harvey's Westborough scale accepts all non-hazardous materials from waste and recycling haulers, contractors, builders, landscapers, and the general public. Inbound and outbound scales weigh loads of trash, paper, electronics, yard waste, and construction debris, and off loads must be through the gate by 4 PM on weekdays. Westborough residents with a valid town sticker, sold only at Town Hall, bring household trash and recycling through the main gate and follow the signs to the residential area at the rear of the facility. Truck drivers use the Truck Entrance and check in at the scale house, and a low bridge in the center of town on Route 30 affects the approach.

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