For residents with curbside pickup (95 Gallon Carts)
All recycling can be comingled in one cart. Do not place items in plastic bags!
Plastic: bottles, jars, jugs and tubs
Metal: cans, tins and foil
Glass: bottles and jars
Paper: newspaper, magazines, paperboard and flattened cardboard
Condo and Apartment residents without curbside pickup (>4 units) can bring their recycling to the Transfer Station Monday through Saturday from 7 am - 4 pm (Users must enter by 3:45 pm).
Never place these items in your recycling cart.
These items can not be recycled with your household waste.
Appliances
Batteries
BubbleWrap
Christmas Lights
Clothes & Textiles
Coat Hangers
Diapers
Electrical Cords
Food Waste
Food Wrappers
Garden Hoses
Paint
Plastic Bags
Soiled Pizza Boxes
Styrofoam
Tires
Waxed Cartons
Wood/YardWaste
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The following items are not recyclable curbside and do not belong in your curbside recycling bin:
Common curbside recycling contaminants that are recyclable "outside of the bin" include:
Plastic Bags: Please recycle with other plastic films at your local grocery or department store.
Metal items that are not containers: Please bring to the Transfer Station ($0.10/lb.) or recycle for free during Danvers Zero Waste Recycling Weekends in the spring and fall.
Rigid Plastic items: Please recycle for free at the Transfer Station or during Danvers Zero Waste Recycling Weekends in the spring and fall.
Clothing, Linens or other Textiles: Please recycle with Simple Recycling curbside, bring to a resale shop, donate to a local textile collection program or recycle for free during Danvers Zero Waste Recycling Weekends in the spring and fall.
Shredded paper: Shredded paper belongs in your trash. Shredded paper can contaminate other curbside recycling. As an alternative to shredding your paper at home, have it shredded in bulk while you watch during Danvers Zero Waste Recycling Weekends in the spring and fall. This large volume of shredded paper does get recycled.
Tanglers: Wires, chains or electric cords should never go in your recycling bin. Bring metal wires and chains to our metal bin and electric cords to our electronics recycler during Danvers Zero Waste Recycling Weekends in the spring and fall.
The following items should not go in your recycling bin and should be thrown in the trash:
Recyclable containers containing food or liquid: If you can't clean it out, throw it out. Food or liquid can contaminate an entire recycling load.
Cartons: Please put in your trash. Cartons are not easily recyclable.
Styrofoam: Please dispose of with your regular trash. Large pieces count as one item.
Pizza boxes with pizza in it or cheese stuck on it: Small oil stains are ok, but if you can't remove the food, put it in your trash.
Tanglers: Hoses, ropes or plastic cords should never go in your recycling bin: they belong in the trash.
Note: Placing non-recyclable items in your recycling bin may result in your recycling being left curbside.