Recycling in Massachusetts Communities

Nearly all Massachusetts cities and towns offer their residents the opportunity to recycle. To learn more about recycling and hazardous household product management opportunities and programs in or near your community:

• Find your city or town in the Alphabetical Listing of Municipal Recycling Programs or
  
  
• Search by community name or ZIP Code and type of waste at Earth 911 (leaves the MassDEP web site).

This page also provides how-to information on reducing waste and donating, reusing or recycling unwanted items and links to information about recycling of specific items and materials.

Selecting from this list will link you to your community's official recycling or solid waste web site, a district or regional web site providing information about recycling services available to residents of your community, or Earth 911 if no local or regional web site is available.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Please Note: MassDEP does its best to keep these links up to date. If you encounter one that isn't working, please let us know.

A

Abington - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Acton - Town Transfer Station 
Acushnet - Recycling in Acushnet
Adams - Department of Public Works
Agawam - Solid Waste Information
Alford - Town Transfer Station
Amesbury - Department of Public Works
Amherst - Recycling & Solid Waste
Andover - Town Recycling Program
Aquinnah (Gay Head) - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Arlington - Trash & Recycling 
Ashburnham - Department of Public Works
Ashby - Recycling Center & Transfer Station
Ashfield - Earth 911
Ashland - Trash & Recycling
Athol - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Attleboro - City Recycling Program
Auburn - DPW Solid Waste Division
Avon - Board of Health
Ayer - Town Transfer Station

B

Barnstable - DPW Solid Waste Division
Barre - Landfill & Recycling Center
Becket - Earth 911
Bedford - Recycling Information
Belchertown - Department of Public Works
Bellingham - Department of Public Works
Belmont - Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Information
Berkley - Earth 911
Berlin - Town Transfer Station
Bernardston - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District  
Beverly - Recycling Information
Billerica - Public Works Services 
Blackstone - Blackstone Valley Regional Recycling Center
Blandford - Earth 911
Bolton - Transfer Station & Recycling Center
Boston - City Recycling Program
Bourne - Town Recycling Center
Boxborough - Town Transfer Station
Boxford - Trash Collection & Recycling Information
Boylston - Earth 911
Braintree - Trash & Recycling
Brewster - Town Transfer Station
Bridgewater - Town Transfer Station
Brimfield - Earth 911
Brockton - Department of Public Works
Brookfield - Board of Health
Brookline - Recycling Information 
Buckland - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District  
Burlington - Trash & Recycling Schedule & Information

C

Cambridge - Recycling Information
Canton - Recycling Department
Carlisle - Town Transfer Station
Carver - Rochester Convenience Facility
Charlemont - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Charlton - Town Recycling Committee
Chatham - ChathamRecycles.org
Chelmsford - Recycling Department
Chelsea - Rubbish, Recycling & Yard Waste
Cheshire - Earth 911
Chester - Board of Health 
Chesterfield - Earth 911
Chicopee - Department of Public Works
Chilmark - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Clarksburg - Earth 911
Clinton - Trash Pickup & Recycling
Cohasset - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Colrain - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Concord - Recycling Information 
Conway - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Cummington - Board of Health

D

Dalton - Town Transfer Station
Danvers - Recycling & Refuse Collection 
Dartmouth - Department of Public Works
Dedham - Recycling & Solid Waste Services
Deerfield - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Dennis - Transfer Station & Recycling Center
Devens - Community Services: Recycling Drop-Off
Dighton - Health Department
Douglas - Earth 911
Dover - Recycling Home Page 
Dracut - Trash & Large Item Disposal
Dudley - Earth 911
Dunstable - Town Transfer Station
Duxbury - Town Transfer Station

E

East Bridgewater - Solid Waste & Recycling Information
East Brookfield - Solid Waste Department
Eastham - Department of Public Works
Easthampton - Trash Removal 
East Longmeadow - Trash & Recycling Contacts
Easton - Board of Health
Edgartown - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Egremont - Town Contact List 
Erving - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Essex - Town Transfer Station
Everett - Recycling Information

F

Fairhaven - Board of Health 
Fall River - Department of Public Works
Falmouth - DPW Waste Management Facility
Fitchburg - Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste 
Florida - Earth 911
Foxborough - Trash & Recycling
Framingham - Department of Public Works
Franklin - Town Recycling Committee
Freetown - Waste Management & Transfer Station

G

Gardner - Health Department
Gay Head (Aquinnah) - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Georgetown - Trash & recycling Contacts
Gill - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Gloucester - Recycling & Trash Information
Goshen - Refuse Disposal & Recycling Center
Gosnold - Earth 911
Grafton - Department of Public Works
Granby - Earth 911
Granville - Earth 911
Great Barrington - Town Recycling Center
Greenfield - DPW Solid Waste Division 
Groton - Town Transfer Station 
Groveland - Board of Health

H

Hadley - Transfer Station
Halifax - Recycling & Solid Waste Department
Hamilton - Recycling & Refuse Information 
Hampden - Board of Health
Hancock - Earth 911
Hanover - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Hanson - Town Recycling Program
Hardwick - Town Recycling Center
Harvard - Transfer Station & Recycling Guidelines
Harwich - Town Tansfer Station
Hatfield - Earth 911
Haverhill - Rubbish & Curbside Collection
Hawley - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Heath - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Hingham - Department of Public Works
Hinsdale - Earth 911
Holbrook - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Holden - Recycling & Trash
Holland - Waste Removal
Holliston - Recycling & Solid Waste
Holyoke - Department of Public Works 
Hopedale - Recycling Information 
Hopkinton - Town Recycling Committee 
Hubbardson - Town Recycling Center
Hudson - BP Trucking Transfer Station
Hull - Recycling Information
Huntington - Transfer Station 
Hyannis (Barnstable) - DPW Solid Waste Division

I

Ipswich - Town Recycling Committee

J K

Kingston - South Shore Recycling Cooperative

L

Lakeville - Town Transfer Station
Lancaster - Town Recycling Center 
Lanesborough - Frequently Asked Questions
Lawrence - Recycling & Trash Information
Lee - Earth 911
Leicester - Board of Health
Lenox - Earth 911
Leominster - Rubbish & Recycling
Leverett - Town Transfer Station 
Lexington - Trash & Hazardous Waste 
Leyden - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Lincoln - Town Transfer Station 
Littleton - Highway Department
Longmeadow - Town Recycling Center 
Lowell - DPW Recycling Program 
Ludlow - Department of Public Works
Lunenburg - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Lynn - Department of Public Works
Lynnfield - Recycling Committee

M

Malden - Department of Public Works
Manchester-by-the-Sea - Trash Disposal, Recycling & Composting  
Mansfield - Recycling Information
Marblehead - Board of Health
Marion - Recycling & Rubbish
Marlborough - Rubbish & Recycling
Marshfield - Trash & Recycling
Mashpee - Town Transfer Station 
Mattapoisett - Board of Health
Maynard - Recycling & Solid Waste
Medfield - Town Transfer Station
Medford - Recycling Information 
Medway - Board of Health 
Melrose - Recycling Information
Mendon - Board of Health Trash Program
Merrimac - Curbside Recycling Program
Methuen - Department of Public Works
Middleborough - Trash & Recyclables 
Middlefield - Earth 911
Middleton - Department of Public Works
Milford - Board of Health
Millbury - Town transfer Station
Millis - Department of Public Works 
Milton - Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Information
Millville - Town Home Page
Monroe - Earth 911
Monson - Board of Health
Montague - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Monterey - Town Transfer Station
Montgomery - Earth 911
Mount Washington - Earth 911

N

Nahant - Trash & Recycling
Nantucket - Department of Public Works
Natick - Recycling Center
Needham - Recycling & Transfer Station 
New Ashford - Earth 911
New Bedford - DPW Solid Waste Division
New Braintree - Trash & Recycling
Newbury - Town Transfer Station
Newburyport - Recycling & Trash
New Marlborough - Town Transfer Station
New Salem - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Newton - Solid Waste & Recycling
Norfolk - DPW Solid Waste Division & Transfer Station 
North Adams - City Transfer Station
North Andover - Solid Waste & Recycling 
North Attleborough - Solid Waste Collection & Recycling Information
Northborough - Town Engineering Department
Northbridge - Solid Waste & Recycling
North Brookfield - Town Recycling Center
Northfield - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Northhampton - Recycling Information
North Reading - Recycling Information 
Norton - Trash & Recycling Information 
Norwell - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Norwood - Recycling Information 

O

Oak Bluffs - Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District
Oakham - Earth 911
Orange - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District 
Orleans - Cape Cod Cooperative Extension 
Otis - Center for Ecological Technology
Oxford - Earth 911

P

Palmer - Earth 911
Paxton - Earth 911
Peabody - City Home Page
Pelham - Earth 911
Pembroke - Trash & Recycling Information
Pepperell - Town Transfer Station
Peru - Earth 911
Petersham - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Phillipston - Town Transfer Station
Pittsfield - Department of Public Works & Utilities
Plainfield - Earth 911
Plainville - Trash & Recycling  
Plymouth - Solid Waste Division Recycling Program
Plympton - Town Transfer Station
Princeton - Earth 911
Provincetown - Department of Public Works

Q

Quincy - Public Works Department

R

Randolph - Recycling Information 
Raynham - Transfer & Recycling Facility
Reading - Recycling Information 
Rehoboth - Town Handbook 
Revere - Trash & Recycling Information
Richmond - Town Home Page
Rochester - Transfer Station (Mattapoisett) & Trash Pick-Up
Rockland - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Rockport - DPW Transfer Station 
Rowe - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Rowley - Recycling Information
Royalston - North Central Regional Solid Waste Cooperative
Russell - Earth 911
Rutland - Earth 911

S

Salem - Recycling Department 
Salisbury - Department of Public Works 
Sandisfield - Center for Ecological Technology
Sandwich - DPW Transfer Station 
Saugus - Department of Public Works 
Savoy - Earth 911
Scituate - DPW Transfer Station Division
Seekonk - Department of Public Works 
Sharon - DPW Operations Division
Sheffield - Town Transfer Station 
Shelburne - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Sherborn - Recycling Information 
Shirley - Board of Health
Shrewsbury - Rubbish Disposal & Recycling 
Shutesbury - Recycling & Solid Waste
Somerset - Earth 911
Somerville - Trash & Recycling Information
Southborough - Town Recycling Committee
Southbridge - Curbside Rubbish Removal
South Hadley - Department of Public Works
Southampton - Town Transfer Station
Southwick - DPW Solid Waste Division  
Spencer - Town Transfer Station
Springfield - Department of Public Works
Sterling - Department of Public Works
Stockbridge - Waste Transfer & Recycling
Stoneham - Recycling & Solid Waste Program  
Stoughton - Department of Public Works 
Stow - Earth 911
Sturbridge - Board of Health
Sudbury - Transfer Station & Recycling Center 
Sunderland - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District  
Sutton - Town Transfer Station
Swampscott - Board of Health
Swansea - Town Recycling Program

T

Taunton - Solid Waste & Recycling Information
Templeton - Board of Health
Tewksbury - Recycling Committee
Tisbury - Trash & Recycling Services   
Tolland - Transfer Station & Recycling 
Topsfield - Trash Collection & Recycling Information
Townsend - Recycling Information
Truro - Town Transfer Station
Turners Falls (Montague) - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Tyngsboro - Recycling Committee
Tyringham - Earth 911

U

Upton - Board of Health 
Uxbridge - Earth 911

V W

Wakefield - Department of Public Works
Wales - Earth 911
Walpole - Recycling Information 
Waltham - Recycling Department
Ware - Earth 911
Wareham - Recycling Information  
Warren - Earth 911
Warwick - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Washington - Earth 911
Watertown - Recycling & Waste Collection
Wayland - Board of Health 
Webster - Earth 911
Wellesley - Recycling & Disposal Facility  
Wellfleet - Cape Cod Cooperative Extension 
Wendell - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
Wenham - Town Recycling Program
Westborough - Recycling & Trash Disposal
West Boylston - Trash & Recycling Information
West Bridgewater - Town Transfer Station
West Brookfield - Highway Department
Westfield - Refuse & Recycling Collection
Westford - WestfordRecycles.org 
Westhampton - Earth 911
Westminster - Recycling Collection Calendar & Information
West Newbury - Board of Health 
Weston - Department of Public Works 
Westport - Landfill, Transfer Station & Recycling 
West Springfield - Curbside Trash & Recycling Collection
West Stockbridge - Town Transfer Station
West Tisbury - Town Landfill
Westwood - Trash & Recycling Information 
Weymouth - Town Trash & Recycling Program 
Whately - Franklin County Solid Waste Management District 
Whitman - South Shore Recycling Cooperative
Wilbraham - Disposal & Recycling Center
Williamsburg - Earth 911
Williamstown - Town Transfer Station
Wilmington - Recycling Information 
Winchendon - Town Transfer Station
Winchester - Town Transfer Station 
Windsor - Earth 911
Winthrop - Trash & Curbside Recycling
Woburn - Recycling Information 
Worcester - Department of Public Works & Parks
Worthington - Town Information 
Wrentham - Town Recycling Committee 

X Y

Yarmouth - Solid Waste Disposal & Recycling Center

Z

Donation & Reuse

Web page

Green Living

Web page

Recycling: The Basics

Web page

Recycling: A Fact Sheet for Residents

Web page | MS Word 87 KB

Recycling for Kids & Teachers

Web page

Setting up a Multi-Family or Apartment Building Recycling Program

MS Word 86 KB

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Recycling & Waste Management FAQ

EPA web site