Recycling in Your Community
1. HOW DO I RECYCLE?
What can I recycle in my community?
What can I recycle at the curb?
Does my community have a Recycling Center?
How
do I prepare my recyclables?
When is my recycling day?
Types of recyclable
paper in every Massachusetts community.
Online Answers: Earth 911 -
Type in your zip code.
Alphabetical
List of Municipal Recycling Programs on the web.
For more town specific recycling information:
2. RECYCLING ISSUES AT THE CURB
Why
was my trash and/or recycling not picked up?
Where can I get a recycling bin?
Your Community's Recycling Coordinator
can help answer your recycling questions.
3. NO RECYCLING SERVICE ISSUE
How can I recycle when I don't recieve recycling services?
The following list are
businesses that accept residential recycling directly (meaning
you can fill up your car and drive to these places in order to
recycle.) Fees may apply, ALWAYS call first.
1-800-Got-Junk
Shrewsbury, MA
Judy Briggs
Phone: 508-845-5865
Accepts: Paper, books, cardboard, bottles, cans, metals,
computer towers and monitors, TVs, car batteries,
and propane tanks
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Capital Paper Recycling
Weymouth, MA
Craig Lovett
Phone: 800-337-3778
Accepts: paper
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Devens
Recycling Center
Devens, MA
Mary
Bendix
Phone:
978-772-6500, ext#302
Accepts: bottles, cans, paper & more
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Eagle
Recycling LLC
Holbrook, MA
eaglereturn@comcast.net
Accepts: redeemables of any glass, plastic and cans |
Electronic
Recyclers
Gardner, MA
Terry
Grady
Phone: 978-632-7666
Accepts: electronics
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JRM Hauling & Recycling, Inc.
Malden, MA
Jimmy
Motzkin
978-536-2500 x231
Accepts: bottles, cans & paper
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North Shore Recycled Fibers
Salem, MA
Jim Brewer
978-744-4330
Accepts: bottles, cans & paper
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Pellegrino
Waste Removal
Route 146, Sutton, MA
Mark
Pellegrino
888-408-9581
Accepts: bottles, cans & paper
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The following list are
communities accept residential recycling from outside residents.
Fees may apply, always call first.
Athol
Blackstone
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Devens
Hardwick
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Lancaster
Leicester
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Newton
Royalston
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A neighboring town not
listed above? Go to Earth911.org
and type in your zip code to determine if there is a municipal drop off
recyclign center in your community. You may find a neighboring
town accepting recylcing items from outside residents. If it is
not advertised as such, its still worth it to call to find out.
They may determine access on a case by case basis.
Other options:
- Bring your redeemable cans and bottles to a redemption
center.
- Locate a Paper
Retriever Collection near you. Bright green and yellow containers
are placed in highly visible, convenient areas where residents can drop
off their newspaper, magazines, shopping catalogs, office and school
papers and mail. No cardboard accepted.
How can I get my landlord to recycle?
Step 1: Contact your community's Recycling Coordinator
to
see what they can offer for assistance
and/or
services.
Your community may be able to:
- Pick up
recyclables at curbside,
- Allow the usage of a Recycling Center, or
- Provide collection containers for free or
reduced
cost.
Step 2: Contact your Property
Manage and/or Landlordr to
determine options (they may be able to assist you).
Step 3: Talk to a recycling service provider.
Recycling through a vendor (aka "hauler", "waste service provider",
"recycler") does cost money. Typically, you are charged per
pick up and/or rent collection containers (aka "toters" or "roll
offs".)
The questions listed below may help you in your conversations with a
potential recycling service provider.
- What types of material does the recycling service
provider accept for recycling? Are these the same materials that
you are looking to recycle? Be as specific as possible.
- How should the recyclables be prepared for
collection? Is there a minimum quantity requirement for pick up?
- Will they provide collection containers and/or
dumpsters for recyclables? Do they provide a slotted dumpster for
cardboard? Do these cost extra?
- What would be the collection frequency and estimated
costs for the amount of recyclable materials from your company?
Will this cost vary depending on which materials you choose to recycle?
- Does the recycling service provider require a
contract, or is it an informal arrangement?
- Can you negotiate an "on call" pick up for waste
collection? Now that you will be generating less waste, will you
see a decrease in your current disposal costs?
HELPFUL HINT: You may be currently
be paying for trash services.
However, recycling should reduce your trash tonnage, thus reducing the
frequency of trash pick ups or reducing the size of your trash dumpster
can off set the cost to recycling. You might need to be
savvy in discussing services with your waste service provider.
Step 4: Secure collection containers and labels.
You will more than likely need collection containers and signage.
Make sure recycling is made easy by labeling
containers. MassRecycle sells bumper
sticker sized labels. You
can find bins, containers or "slim jims" at Home Depot, Staples, and/or
Office Max. Also try Toter, Inc.
or SCLA -1.
Helpful Hint: Determine if
your community has a "hauler
ordinance" that requires all haulers who collect trash in your
community to register and obtain an annual permit. Typically when
a community has a hauler ordinance, there is a component requiring all
haulers who collect in your community to provide recycling service to
their customers. If not, ask your Board of Health to pass such an
ordinance. Local Boards of Health have significant authority under
Massachusetts General Law to regular trash. MassRecycle has
several copies of sample ordinances and/or by-laws.
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Online guidance to learn how to set up recycling in
your multi-family:
MassDEP's
Setting up a Multi-Family or Apartment Building Recycling Program: A
Seven-Step Guide
Town
of Brookline's Recycling Guide for Large Multi-Unit Buildings
Click on your community to learn more about multi-family recycling in
your area:
Boston
Cambridge
More Great Links
U.S. EPA's Complex Recycling Issues Strategies for Record-Setting Waste
Reduction in Multi-Family Dwellings
U.S.
EPA's Multifamily Recycling A National Study
4. MORE WEB-BASED RESOURCES
Recycling:
in your home & community
A resource for recycling more in your community by the Paper Industry
Association Council.
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