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The Town shall collect weekly all acceptable waste from all residential buildings, including residential condominiums, but not including rental apartment houses where the number of apartments exceeds six (6). No collection of commercial waste shall occur. All material for collection must be at the outside of the sidewalk, in proper containers, by 7 a.m. on the regular collection day. Every receptacle must be removed from the sidewalk on the day the collection is made.
ACCEPTABLE WASTE
All household waste which can be placed into thirty (30) gallon containers with a maximum gross weight less than 50 pounds excluding inherently dangerous, toxic, and hazardous wastes or materials banned by federal, state, or local regulatory agencies. One large item per week (no metal or white goods) or one four-foot length of rug or mat, rolled and tied, may be put out for pickup.
UNACCEPTABLE WASTE
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Recyclable products including glass containers, metal containers, tin cans, aluminum cans, and newspapers. |
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White goods (refrigerators, stoves, air conditioners, hot water tanks, metal, etc.) |
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Construction materials or demolition debris |
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In whole or in part: auto hulks, engine blocks, transmission blocks, heavy machinery, skimobiles, motorcycles, riding-type lawnmowers, tractors, tires, batteries, chain link fencing, metal tanks. |
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Leaves, yard waste, grass clippings |
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Stumps, limbs or branches (regardless of size) |
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Pathological waste |
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Toxic and volatile chemicals including oil base paints |
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Explosives, propane tanks |
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Televisions, computer monitors |
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Frozen barrels will not be handled |
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Fluorescent lamps, ballasts, nickle-cadium and button batteries |
Materials not collected shall be the individual’s responsibility to make private arrangements for disposal.
Whenever a scheduled collection day falls on a holiday that day’s collection and all remaining collections for the week will be delayed one day (Friday’s collection will be on Saturday).
RECYCLING POLICY
Recycling bins are collected every other week on your regular trash collection day. Certain sections of Town are assigned blue recycling bins and other sections are assigned red recycling bins that are collected on alternating weeks.
The following materials must be placed in separate containers and cannot be mixed with regular trash. Papers must be securely tied or packed to prevent blowing over the street.
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Newspapers and newspaper inserts, magazines, phonebooks |
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Tin cans and aluminum cans |
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Glass bottles and jars |
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Plastics |
Container Requirements
The contractor is required to collect from all standard recycling containers all newspapers or magazines placed loosely tied with string or placed in paper bags. The contractor will also be required to collect comingled recyclables from containers that hold recyclables only.
Yard Waste / Christmas Trees/ Curbside Pickup
In the spring and fall, the town has curbside collections for yard waste (no brush or limbs) (see Curbside Leaf Pickup for schedule); and one collection in January for Christmas trees only (no tinsel or plastic bags), (see Christmas Tree pickup schedule).
Yard waste must be brought to the Stevens Street Recycling Center – (see Stevens Street Recycling Center for seasonal hours of operation). A recycling sticker is required (7/1 - 6/30) from the DPW for Stevens Street.
White Goods / TVs / Monitors / Miscellaneous Metal
These items require separate disposal permits (recycling sticker required; fees apply, see Stevens Street Recycling Center). Once the permit is issued the items(s) can be taken to the Stevens Street yard during the hours of operation. Additionally, the Town’s contractor, Hiltz Disposal, for a fee, will pick up white goods curbside. Call 1-978-283-3335 for more information.
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