Updates on the Claremont Construction and Demolition Site:

May 22, 2025, Claremont, NH.  

New Hampshire regulators deny operating permit for massive transfer station in Claremont

Claremont, NH–The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) has denied a permit for Acuity Management, Inc. to import 500 tons of construction and demolition (C&D) waste into Claremont each day.  The decision culminates a multi-year effort by Acuity to operate a massive dump and ship operation in the city, despite significant opposition from the public. A Better Claremont (ABC) says DES did the right thing.

“DES listened to reason and did the right thing,” states John Tuthill of Acworth and a member of ABC. “Acuity’s proposal did not add up.”

Acuity Management, Inc. of Methuen, MA wanted to bring hundreds of thousands of tons of C&D debris into Claremont and use a small lot by Meadow Brook for a massive dump and ship operation. Acuity proposed importing approximately 3000 tons of C&D waste into the city each week. Area residents were rightfully concerned about a major change-of-use from an existing local recycling business to one of the largest C&D waste depots in New Hampshire.

Acuity’s proposal was contentious from the start, with public officials and area residents alarmed at the scale of Acuity’s plan. A public hearing in March drew hundreds who urged DES to deny the permit. Concerns about pollution, Acuity’s ability to effectively handle C&D, and the obvious bad location for such an operation eventually led to the DES decision.

“New Hampshire and the region must move toward better management of C&D waste with source segregation of materials at both construction and demolition sites. That will help determine what we can reuse and recycle and what we need to carefully manage as a hazardous material,” states Haley Jones of Slingshot, and an advisor to ABC.

Rebecca MacKenzie of ABC agrees: “ABC does not want any other community to go through the threat of takeover by the private waste industry. Dumping thousands of tons of mixed C&D waste onto a downstream community is poor management that endangers our health and environment.”

About A Better Claremont:  ABC is a local group working to help Claremont be a healthy and vibrant community. See www.abetterclaremont.org for more information.

In the News:
Eagle Times, May 24, 2025. 
DES denies proposed construction and debris recycling facility  <Click here for the Full Article>