Tom Berkowitz Trucking is the Blackstone Valley's home-grown hauler: curbside trash and recycling, roll-off dumpsters, bulk pickups, its own transfer station and a gravel pit, all run out of 279 Douglas Road in Whitinsville. A Douglas neighbour writing on Nextdoor in July 2026 put it plainly — they have used the company for years, with never any problems and priced right.
The company tells its own story in detail. It says Tom Berkowitz started in 1980 with a single Dodge dump truck hauling debris from Northbridge mills, homes and apartments, moved from a home office to the present garage in 1991, and built its own transfer station next door in 1997. It describes itself as family-run under the second generation, Jimmy Berkowitz, with a fleet of more than 25 vehicles and 25 employees, and says some team members and customers have been with it for over 30 years.
The Better Business Bureau grades it A+ and lists it as accredited since May 2021, with the corporation started in 1981 and incorporated in 1987 under manager James Berkowitz. The BBB's own service list is wider than curbside pickup: house clean-outs, small demolition, lift-gate truck service, snow removal, and concrete, brick and rock removal, plus the on-site transfer station where you can drop material off yourself. Its stated service area is Northbridge, Whitinsville, Uxbridge, Linwood, Sutton, Douglas, Mendon, Milford, Millville, Blackstone, Grafton, Millbury and Hopedale.
Two things to note. There are no customer reviews on file from any platform in this record, so the only voice from an actual customer here is that one Nextdoor comment. And in April 2020 FreightWaves reported a ransomware attack on the company, which a representative confirmed to the outlet without further comment — a business-systems incident rather than a service complaint, but worth knowing if you plan to pay or schedule online. The company has also shown up on the community side of the ledger, supporting an Uxbridge town cleanup with the Blackstone Heritage Corridor.
A straightforward choice for weekly curbside service, a cleanout dumpster or a bulk pickup in the Northbridge-Uxbridge-Douglas area, especially if you want a hauler that owns its own disposal site. Confirm the current rate and pickup day for your street, and ask what the transfer station accepts before you load the car.