Recycling & Trash

Trash days are Mondays and Fridays

  • Use tightly closed heavy black trash bags – not paper bags – and place trash at the curb between midnight and 6 a.m. on the day of pick-up
  • If possible …. Place trash outside by 6 a.m. on the morning of pick-up to prevent rats from being attracted to and chewing through the bags. This also keeps trash pickers from strewing trash around on the sidewalk and street.
  • Remember that the sidewalk and curb in front of your building are your front yard. Please keep it tidy and pick up litter.


Recycling days are Mondays and Fridays
Use clear plastic bags for your “single-stream” recycling of the following items:

  • Newspapers
  • Magazines / catalogs
  • Mail, wrapping paper
  • Flattened food and cardboard boxes
  • Brown bags
  • White and colored paper
  • Telephone & paperback books
  • Glass bottles and jars (caps can be recycled)
  • All plastic containers
  • Tin and aluminum cans, foil, pie plates
  • Milk containers, juice boxes
  • Spiral cans (coffee, nuts, etc.)
  • Heavy cardboard (flattened and tied securely)


Other Recyclables (not picked up curbside):

What is it?

Take it where?

Plastic grocery bags

Whole Foods (Charles River Plaza)

Plastic garment bags & hangers

Local dry cleaners

Rubber bands

U.S. Post Office at 25 New Chardon Street or 136 Charles Street

Ink & toner cartridges

Staples, 1 Washington Mall

Catalogues (to stop delivery)

www.catalogchoice.org

Batteries (Lithium & Recharchable only)

Charles Street Supply, 54 Charles Street

Mobile phones

Charles Street Supply, 54 Charles Street

Books, CDs, DVDs, VHS

Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge Street orwww.gotbooks.com for pickup

Compact fluorescent bulbs

Charles Street Supply, 54 Charles Street

Wine corks (natural)

Whole Foods (Charles River Plaza)

Foam packing peanuts

UPS Store at 139 Charles Street

Current magazines

Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge Street

Eye glasses

Massachusetts Eye & Ear , 243 Charles Street

Computer monitors & TVs

Schedule pick-up online at boston.gov or call 311

Hazardous waste, paint, oil, etc.

See boston.gov for schedule, drop-off dates, and locations

Old prescription medication

Police Department, District A-1 at 40 New Sudbury Street