Massachusetts pallet and wood waste rules

Landfill ban In force

Wood disposal ban at landfills. 310 CMR 19.017

• The waste-ban table lists wood with an effective date of July 1, 2006 for landfills and for transfer facilities, as a 'ban on disposal or transfer for disposal at landfills'. 310 CMR 19.017(3), Table (source)
• Other entries in the same table, such as metal and asphalt pavement, brick and concrete, are banned from 'disposal or incineration'; wood's entry names landfills only, so it does not bar sending wood to a combustion facility. 310 CMR 19.017(3), Table (source)
• No person may dispose of, transfer for disposal, or contract for disposal or transport of a restricted material except as the table allows, and violators may face enforcement under 310 CMR 19.081. 310 CMR 19.017(3)(a) (source)
• Contracting for disposal includes depositing restricted material for collection, or mixing pre-sorted restricted material back into trash so that it has to be disposed of. 310 CMR 19.017(2) (source)

Wood disposal ban at landfills in Massachusetts: full detail

Marked and pooled pallets Not yet verified

We haven't checked Massachusetts's marked and pooled pallets rules against the law yet, so we say nothing about them. Ask Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

Open burning Not yet verified

We haven't checked Massachusetts's open burning rules against the law yet, so we say nothing about them. Ask Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

C&D recycling Not yet verified

We haven't checked Massachusetts's c&d recycling rules against the law yet, so we say nothing about them. Ask Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.