Regional · Georgetown, MARegional · 95 Tenney St, Georgetown, MA 01833
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For most people in Salem, Medford and the towns around them, G. Mello is not a contractor at all — it is where the trash goes. "Georgetown has a public dump - the G Mello Transfer station," one redditor explained in July 2024, before laying out how it works: weigh in, weigh out, pay the tonnage, go Saturday morning when contractors are barred and it is just homeowners, get there early and bring a snack because the line can be long. A April 2025 commenter put it more briefly: they weigh your vehicle in and out and charge you the weight. That practical usefulness is the strongest signal here, and it recurs. Salem residents describe it as their "official" transfer station — one adding, in May 2025, that a mayor who campaigned on finding a better option would win. It is convenient rather than beloved. One April 2025 commenter noted plainly that a dumpster is cheaper if you call around. The company itself is old and family-run: the Better Business Bureau records a Massachusetts corporation started in 1974, incorporated in 1979, with 11 employees, Jason Mello as president and Gregory Mello as director, operating from Georgetown and Salisbury and graded A+ though not accredited. It serves households, businesses and municipalities across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, and in June 2025 took the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce's environmental stewardship award. What a homeowner should know is the regulatory history behind the new station. In September 2023 MassDEP assessed a $117,300 penalty against the company for Solid Waste Management violations covering both the operation of its existing Georgetown facility and the permitting of the new one. The new 500-ton station at 20 Carleton Drive cleared its town boards only after Land Court intervened — the Conservation Commission had denied a permit in January 2022 and a judge ordered it approved with reasonable conditions, and residents opposed it throughout. It opened in February 2026, and by April the company's business development director was telling the local paper how uneventful it had been. The right call for self-haul disposal and roll-off containers on the North Shore. Price a dumpster against the tonnage fee before deciding, and check the current hours — the truck schedule was renegotiated with the Board of Health in December 2025.
“I go to the dump in Georgetown, g mello transfer station. If there's a closer one that's open to people from other towns I'd like to know, but Georgetown works.”
“I loaded it in my car and brought it to the transfer station https://www.mellodisposal.com/”
“Yeah, it sucks. Pretty sure that if a mayor ran on there being a better transfer station option, they’d win lol. Unfortunately, our “official” transfer station is in Georgetown: https://www.mellodisposal.com/transfer-stations/ You can also bring your cardboard to where you can drop off yard waste: https://www.salemma.gov/625/Transfer-Station---Yard-Waste-Cardboard- Waste Management (the folks who pick up our trash) also have [overflow trash bags](https://www.salemma.gov/622/Orange-Overflow-Trash-Bags) for purchase (I get mine at Crosby’s) and they allow you to pay for [large items](https:/”
“G Mello in Georgetown, but a dumpster is cheaper if you call around. There’s some guy I got my last one from that allowed a much higher tonnage and a longer rental period for the same size dumpster as other places.”
“There’s G Mello in Georgetown and JG Grant in Hyde Park that are open to the public- you pay by weight.”
““It is surprising how uneventful it has been. Customers have adapted quickly,” said Mark Van Weelden, director of Mello’s business development.”
“G. Mello Disposal Corp. will begin operating its new transfer station at 20 Carlton Road on Monday, Feb. 23, ending several years of hard-fought battles with three town boards and commissions over the controversial trash station.”
“G. Mello Disposal Corp. (Mello) has proposed and the town’s Board of Health (BOH) has agreed to allow trucks serving the new transfer station to cut the time in the morning by an hour, from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.”
“Georgetown-based G. Mello Disposal Corp. was recently awarded Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s award for environmental stewardship.”
“The SelectBoard did not negotiate a host agreement prior to Mello winning approval from three boards – the Planning Board, the Board of Health and the Conservation Commission.”
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