Wachusett Watershed Regional Recycling Center in
West Boylston Township (MA)

Organized chaos, volunteers are helpful, lots of good free recycled items

Fantastic community recycling project. This center services several towns and is a fantastic resource for the community. The fees are reasonable and the commitment the volunteers show is really appreciated. This center is a model for other communities.

I love this place! I really Appreciate the volunteers there. I’ve been going there for years being a teacher is a great place to find stuff. I love how they recycle we need to save the planet!

So fun to rummage around! And everything is free! With the exception of a few items located inside the building, alllll the other stuff is free! Furniture, bikes, paints, appliances, tiles, mirrors, patio stuff, exercise equipment, baby furniture, medical supplies.. it's all free and available to rummage through! Not only that, but you can drop your recycling off here (plastic, cans, glass, Styrofoam) for much cheaper than you pay through normal trash collection service (it's like $2/bag or something like that).

We recycle things here all the time. Their prices are reasonable. We like their free store. We find some good things once in a while. Nice people as well.

All the volunteers I have dealt with over the years have been extremely helpful and courteous. Keep up the good work!

A wonderful place! Don't throw stuff in the trash that shouldn't be there! Pay the nominal fee and bring it here! Our environment is counting on us all to do the right thing! Ty to the person who identities some of items for sale and posts them online!

Nice place-- ONLY IF you can adjust your scedule to a place that is open LESS than 1% of a week.& half of that time is the most common dinner time.

I feel lucky to have stumble upon here. As a teacher I can’t tell you how much money I’ve invested in the classroom. I was shocked when a volunteer said help yourself it’s free. She went on to thank me and said we love our teachers. I felt so welcomed. Thank you for an amazing resource.

Wonderful volunteers keep this place running smoothly! We have only been "shoppers" and have yet to recycle, but know the day will come when we will be using them! Over the past year of occasional visits, we have gotten quality and light-used items such as a jogging stroller ($300 value), raised garden beds ($200 value), baby gates, as well as countless priceless toys, such as a train table, little people vehicles, and blocks. By far my husband's favorite score was a working waffle maker!

This is a truly beautiful local resource. First of all, on the recycling side they recycle styrofoam NOT a cheap or easy thing to do. And on the reuse side….it’s unbelievable, it’s truly full of magic. They have everything from mugs, to jewelry, to toys, to office supplies and beyond. If you live in the towns this covers, check this place out before you purchase, you might save yourself some money and save the earth! I was truly blown away. Almost everything is free, except for the nicest items they offer which are all reasonably priced. I got a gorgeous pin for 10 dollars that was worth a lot more, I get tons of compliments Another thing I appreciate is that they make it so it’s not ruined or picked over by resellers like so many places these days. It keeps as a service for these towns. I’m so grateful it exists and that so many lovely local people volunteered their time there. It’s also incredibly organized down to little containers that day, “pushpins”. I love it. My only recommendation would be to take audio cassette tapes, these are actually now highly collectible and in demand, record companies are even making them for new releases!

Awesome place to both dispose of the old, and discover the new. The volunteers who work there are always friendly

Great, run well. If your dropping off recycling, or going in to look for something recycled. It is well run, quick and efficient.

Great way to keep waste out of landfills. The volunteers who staff the place are super friendly and helpful. The center is well-organized, clean, and safe. Selection of goods is hit-or-miss by the nature of the place, but you are sure to find something or other you like.

How wonderful we have a place e to bring everything we need to discard. Feels great to limit what goes into the landfill. I LOVE that I can recycle styrofoam…real white styrofoam!

Great spot to drop off used belongings. They have a store with low priced and free items.

It’s a cool place to go to for hobby’s or collectors! I was overjoyed and happy to see they’re open now through the chaos that is covid! They’re extremely organized and have always been clean! I’ll say this regarding their employees (which I know some of them by their first name and they’re wonderful people!) yes some can be a little much at times but they’re people to and doing a job that probably isn’t the easiest at times. Work during covid before you go bashing a bunch of people, I have and it’s not fun.. we’re all out of sorts during all of this let alone working during this.

Great place to bring items that others can use. People are great that work there. Before going I look through my home and make a donation. It's a great service to the public and to our precious environment.

A great local resource! In the reuse center, there are so many useful free things and it feels good to know they are being reused. A few things are for sale now, like jewelry and larger quantities of fabric, but even those prices are still very very low, lower than you'd find at most charity shops. I'm glad there's another way to financially support the operation now!

Don't waste your time going. They're never open. Be it Monday through Sunday. That and the workers are weird. They couldn't run a bake sale.

Weird workers take stuff on the job and follow you home if you take a free thing they wanted to sell. Oddly strange I pay taxes this shouldn’t be happening 🤬😡😡😤

Great place - such friendly and helpful workers! We dropped off a few things and left with a few things that were on my WalMart list, but for free! We had a blast and will be back with more donations and possibly shopping again soon.

Would like a map of the facility as it is difficult to navigate if you've never been before. Otherwise a great organization.

I recently visited the recycle center that I would get some things from for my daughter and home as needed such as books, toys, house hold goods and ect. Now they are selling all of that for an outrageous price when i thought it was a free organization. The volunteers that i have tried to talk to about the new change just brushed me off and was very rude. Not the same place it use to be!

Was really excited to check this place out, it’s as I expected sort of like a thrift shop and then yard sale like outside but for free items, the volunteers outside were very kind and helpful but the ones inside were rude and made me feel unwelcome to a place that’s supposed to be for the community, I plan to go back but hope I get a different batch of volunteers inside to help me out.

Never buy greeting cards again! It's wonderful to donate items and so much fun to wander the aisles in search of buried treasure!

A wonderful community resource. Don't throw things out! Recycle typical home stuff (see website) but then consider all of the other things you no longer need. They have places for almost everything, and take small amounts of construction debris as well! Remember that many people can reuse many items that many of us don't want. Helping save the world, one debris field at a time!