Time to renew your Transfer Station sticker

by susan on July 21, 2009

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Information on how to purchase Transfer Station stickers for 2010 went out to Southborough residents last week. You can buy them online, by mail, or in person at the DPW office. The deadline is September 15.

You’re required to have a valid sticker if you want to use the Transfer Station to get rid of trash or recycling, or if you want to visit the Swap Shop. If you enter the Transfer Station without a sticker, you can be fined $250.

The Recycling Committee camped out at the Transfer Station for a few days earlier this year to see how many people used the facility without a valid sticker. Of the 316 cars that passed through the Transfer Station on that particular Thursday-Saturday, only two did not have a sticker. Another 3 had stickers that weren’t properly displayed.

Stickers cost $110 for the first one. The second is free, and subsequent stickers cost $50. Seniors get their first two stickers at no cost.

{ 5 comments }

1 truckless July 22, 2009 at 10:42 AM: Can anybody please explain why a resident permit holder who does not own a pick-up truck should not be able to borrow or rent one to bring refuse to the Transfer Statation?

Yet, if you pay town excise on a truck comparable to a car you can make unlimited dumps?
2 Matthew Brownell July 22, 2009 at 11:05 AM: Good question. Perhaps they could look into a temporary 1-day sticker for SBRO resident truck rental situations. . . kind of like a burn permit
3 susan July 22, 2009 at 11:56 AM: Good news – I checked with DPW head Karen Galligan and she tells me temporary passes are available:

Only residents with a valid Transfer Station sticker can get a temporary pass and they have to be prepared to provide the same information as when they got their original sticker. We need the make, model and registration number of the vehicle they will be using. They will be checked to make sure that they have a sticker and that they don’t have any Transfer Station violations pending. Generally the pass will be good through the Saturday of the week that they come in. Temporary passes are only available during the DPW office hours. The temporary pass is given to them and a copy is given to the Transfer Station operator. The resident must show the pass to the Transfer Station operator. Passes are good on Saturday’s, but they are not issued on Saturday’s because the office is not open.
4 truckless July 25, 2009 at 6:54 PM: Thanks for the info!
5 Sherri August 31, 2010 at 1:04 PM: I wanted to post that I just called the DPW and stickers are $140 this year.