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Hardwick Landfill Inc is the town landfill on Patrill Hollow Road used by residents and businesses in and around Hardwick. Located off a rural stretch, it’s the final place trash gets buried rather than recycled. People who bring bulk household trash, construction debris or commercial loads tend to stop here.
Drive up to an entrance booth and you’ll see a scale-landfills like this charge by weight, so expect to stop twice: in and out. There’s usually a small staging area and ramps down to tipping faces where trucks and trailers unload; the site looks dusty and industrial rather than tidy. Recycling and banned-item rules for Massachusetts mean some materials are handled elsewhere, so loads are often sorted before driving in. Weekends and spring cleanup can get backed up, so lines at the scale and booth are common.
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Before You Go
- Have loads roughly sorted before pulling up: separating metal, bulky items, and anything that might be recyclable speeds the process.
- Leave trailers empty enough to be able to dump quickly-tight spaces near the tipping face make maneuvering with a full trailer harder.
- If hauling commercial loads, expect to share the scale line with residential traffic; plan for a potential wait during peak times.
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