It amuses me vastly that realtors are apparently selling VERY expensive homes on Stone School Road to people without telling them that the transfer station was - until very recently - a dump!! That's not just park land in the transfer station area. That is a large dump that was covered over with sod. I don't mind them covering up the dump, but I do mind realtors hiding this fact from new home owners.

It was about 2000 or so when they had the HUGE town meeting about this conversion. The auditorium was packed, literally standing room only, as people argued the pros and cons. In the end, there simply wasn't room left in the dump and the vote was to set up a transfer station. They tried giving multiple stickers to households. Some slimeballs then gave the extra stickers to non-Sutton families to use for free. So next they tried charging a high price ($230/yr) for *every* car even in the same family. That didn't work either - some people would "gather trash" for a whole group of friends and take it all in on their one sticker.

So finally the situation in 2006 is that they now charge a cheap price - $25 - for a July to July year's worth of access to the station. All recycling is free. However, trash has to go in special bags that you buy at local stores, for about $1/bag. That way people who try to sleaze the system still have to pay a per bag charge. I guess we'll see what new ways some people find to try to cheat the system.

The Sutton transfer station is found down Stone School Road.
Station Hours - Tue through Sat 8am-4pm

I swore off the transfer station when they went to the $230 per car system, because I thought it was outrageous to pay another full price just to get a sticker for my boyfriend's car. I thought, if people were cheating the system, they should be fined - the rest of us shouldn't be made to pay the penalty for their sliminess. Now that they're down to $25 to get to the recycling bins, I did get a sticker again. We enjoy the BFI pickup services - the BFI guys are *very* friendly and it's extremely convenient - but they only get recycling every 2 weeks. It's nice to have the Sutton recycling bins as a backup.

BFI does pick-up trash and recycling service in Sutton for only $22/month. That comes out to $264 a year without you having to drive anywhere. You can visit the Allied / BFI Website to see where they cover, but the local contact isn't listed there. You have to pick up the phone and call them at 508-832-9001.

How does Sutton compare with the surrounding communities? If you go through 3 bags a week, plus the $25 access fee, about $175. Apparently other towns in our area charge LESS money and pick up your trash AT YOUR HOUSE.

UPTON
transfer station closed July 1 2003
Curbside pickup with "Service Time Inc." of Linwood, MA
bags $1 each at certain locations
Estimated single family usage - $100/year

AUBURN
curbside pickup with "Central Mass disposal"
Single family $15.00 mth ($180/yr)

Hopkinton is a few towns away, but they pick up 4 bags a week from households for FREE.

For more information on the Sutton Transfer Station and to get a sticker, contact the Sutton Town Hall.

Town Hall
Town Clerk
4 Uxbridge Rd.
Sutton, MA 01590
Town clerk - 508-865-8725

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