Becket Transfer Station

Becket Transfer Station is the town's small transfer station on Washington Street, used mostly by local residents dropping off household trash and recyclables. Locals swing by when a trip to a distant landfill isn't worth it, especially for yard cleanups or bulky items. The site handles loads that get compacted and sent out by truck rather than buried on-site.

Drive up to a small entrance booth and be prepared to pull forward onto a scale-most transfer stations weigh vehicles and then again on exit. To the right of the entrance there are recycling containers and separate bins that look different from the trash area. The tipping floor is paved and fairly open; large compacting equipment and outgoing trucks are visible, so give vehicles plenty of room. Lines form on weekend mornings and during spring cleanup, so traffic can back up onto the access road at those times.