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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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HOLIDAY COLLECTIONS

There will be no pickup on the following holidays.

New Year's Day
Memorial Day
July 4th
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Pickup will be delayed one day on weeks that the above holidays fall

THE MANSFIELD GREEN

The Town operates a recycling park and compost facility at the  intersection of Route 106 and East Street. The facility is open on  Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM and on Mondays from 10:00 AM to 3:45 PM. The Green/Compost Area  accepts glass, # 1 trough #7 plastic, newspapers, cardboard, white goods, clothing, tin, metals and yard waste. On Mondays the Green also accepts used motor oil. Residents may obtain a sticker to access the facility at the Town Clerk's Office during regular business hours.

Resident Sticker Requirements at Mansfield Green

 Mansfield Green sticker are required,  the cost is $10.00 and will allow both resident parking at the  Mansfield Train Station and the use of Mansfield Green. To  obtain a sticker you must present your registration for the  vehicle on which the sticker will be placed, at the Town  Clerks Office.. Stickers are not available at the Green. For additional  information, please contact the Town Clerk's Office at  508-261-7345.

Special Stickers

The following items  to be dropped off at the Mansfield Green will require  special stickers.

  • CRT’s, computers, TV’s, tires, propane tanks require 1  sticker
  • White Goods containing Freon (refrigerators,  dehumidifiers, air conditioners, etc.) require two (2)  stickers.

Special stickers cost $5.00 each and may be purchased at the  treasurer’s office at town hall during regular business hours  and at the Mansfield Green on Saturdays and Mondays. No cash  will be accepted at the green-checks only.
Nobody will be admitted to the green without a valid  resident sticker  
Please direct any questions you may have regarding these  changes to the DPW office

Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Recycling Notice  (Computer Monitors, Televisions, etc.)

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)  prohibits the disposal of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) from television  and computer monitors at all Massachusetts disposal facilities.    CRT's must be taken to the Mansfield Green for recycling. They will  not be picked up at curbside. (see Special Stickers above)
 

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