RECYCLE COLLECTION
[More information on Single Stream Recycling]
Recycling carts are picked up every week on your regular trash collection day. Please put your bins curbside by 7:00 AM, placed at least (3) feet apart from your solid waste cart. To Properly Prepare Your Recyclables for Pick Up Please Remember to do the following:
Put out your recycling carts (yellow lid) by 7:00 AM on your trash collection day. Be sure your cart is at least three feet away from your trash cart or any other item such as mail boxes, light poles, etc. Mansfield now has Single Stream Recycling which means that you do not have to separate any of your recyclables, this will be done at the recycling facility.
- The following items can be put in your recycling cart:
- Clear, brown, and green glass bottles ·
- Plastic containers #1 through #7 marked with the chasing arrows symbol
- Aluminum, tin and bi-metal cans, aluminum trays and pie plates. ·
- Newspapers, office papers, envelopes, junk mail, magazines, catalogs. Cardboard, boxboard, cereal boxes, tissue paper, wrapping paper, clean pizza boxes. (NO waxed cardboard i.e. milk cartons, juice cartons)
Please rinse your jars and containers clean of food particles, crush the cans and breakdown the boxes to optimize the space in your container.
Bulky Items and White Goods Collections
Residents are required to schedule White Goods and Bulky item curbside pickups. "Bulky" refers to items that cannot fit into the 64-gallon trash cart such as furniture, box springs, mattresses, desks, chairs, etc. White Goods are any appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, dryers, dishwashers, etc. Bulky Items are required to have a "Bulky Item" sticker affixed to the item. White Goods are required to have a "White Goods" sticker affixed to them. The cost for these sticker is: White Goods $15.00 and Bulky Items $10.00. Stickers can be purchased at the Treasurer's Office at Town Hall or by contacting the DPW Office at (508) 261-7335. Residents can schedule the collection by contacting Waste Management at 1 800 972-4545.
Bulky Items and White Goods will not be collected unless residents schedule a pickup in advance and have the proper sticker attached to the item.
REUSE & RECYCLING GUIDE
Click here for an excellent guide of organizations to call for recycling and reusing household and personal items. (Adobe PDF file)
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