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NEW! Upcoming Changes
Danvers is transitioning to an automated trash/recycling collection system with Republic Services. New trash (green, 65-gallon) and recycling (blue, 95-gallon) carts will be distributed to residents.
- Distribution of the new carts will begin September 5th (Tuesday after Labor Day). Distribution is anticipated to be completed by September 29th at the latest.
- Residents should begin utilizing the new carts immediately.
- Rehrig Pacific Company (cart manufacturer) will be responsible for the distribution of the new carts.
Collection Changes
All trash and recycling must be placed curbside by 7:00 AM
TRASH (65-Gallon Cart) - weekly collection
- Trash must be bagged to prevent litter on windy days and keep the cart clean
- Do not place recyclables or household hazardous waste in trash.
- Any trash materials that cannot fit in the cart with the lid closed will not be collected.
- Bulky items and white goods are collected separately. For more information and how to scheudle pick up visit the Bulky Item Collection page.
- Danvers residents can dispose of household trash at the transfer station at the residential rate. Proof of residency is required.
RECYCLING (95-Gallon Cart) - every other week collection on the same day as trash
- Recycling is single stream, meaning all recycling can be mixed.
- Recycling is collected on an every other week schedule.
- Contaminated recycling will be stickered and left curbside.
- No recyclables accepted curbside are allowed in the trash - your trash will not be picked up.
- Items not accepted in the recycling cart are trash, plastic bags, fabric, yard waste, electronics, and styrofoam.
- For more information on proper recycling please visit the Recycling Guidelines page.
Automated service is the collection of trash and recycling using trucks equipped with a mechanical arm to lift and empty customized carts provided to each service area household. The backbreaking work of hoisting and dumping trash cans and recycling bins will no longer be done manually. This enables Danvers trash and recycling service to be safer for workers, more efficient for timely completion of collection routes, and more cost-effective by incentivizing recycling
No. Your pickup day will not change. However, recycling will be collected every other week. Residents will be notified of their recycling collection schedule prior to the program start date. Schedules will be made available on the Town of Danvers website at danversma.gov.
Yes. Once the program begins, Danvers trash & recycling hauler Republic Services will only collect trash and recycling placed in the designated receptacle. Trash will be collected on a weekly basis and placed in the green 64-gallon trash carts. Recycling collection will be every other week placed in the new blue 95-gallon wheeled cart.
No, yard waste collection will remain the same. Yard waste will be collected curbside 11 weeks out of the calendar year, and 1 additional Christmas tree collection in January. Yard waste collection weeks can be found on the Yard Waste Pickup page.
Carts will be delivered to residents who receive town curbside collection. Each residential unit will receive its own 65-gallon trash cart and 95-gallon recycling cart.
Here is what we collect curbside from homes. All recycling is single stream and can go in the same cart:
- Plastic bottles and containers only (items should be rinsed and clean)
- Aluminum cans (items should be rinsed and clean)
- Steel/tin cans (items should be rinsed and clean)
- Newspaper and Magazines
- Cardboard (flatten)
- Mixed office paper, junk mail, etc.
- Glass (items should be rinsed and clean)
Residents are welcome to keep bins for other household uses or for yard waste collection (orange yard waste bumper stickers are available at Town Hall at no charge). The Town will be holding a collection event where residents may drop off old unwanted bins/barrels on Saturday September 23 at the Danvers High School Parking Lot from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Additional events will be planned as necessary.
Trash: 65 Gallon
- Depth: 27.0 inch
- Width: 26.5 inch
- Height: 43.6 inch
Recycling: 95 Gallon
- Depth: 33.3 inch
- Width: 29.2 inch
- Height: 43.5 inch
Residents should try to utilize the 1 trash cart and 1 recycling cart for a trial period of 4 weeks before reaching out for additional ones. Additional carts will be made available after the initial cart roll out. The DPW will begin taking requests for additional carts starting November 1. There will be an annual fee associated with additional carts. This fee is currently being discussed by the Select Board and will be announced once a final decision has been made.
Blue/Green Recycling Week - Collection List
Danvers is moving to an every other week recycling collection schedule. View the street list below or the Blue/Green Week Street List to see which week your recycling will be collected.
View the Blue and Green Week Recycling map.
Blue Week Streets | Green Week Streets |
THU ABBOTT STREET TUE ADAMS AVENUE THU ALDEN STREET TUE ANDOVER ST MON ANDREW STREET FRI ANTHONY LANE TUE APPLETON STREET FRI ARROWHEAD ROAD WED ASHLEY LANE MON BARKER STREET TUE BATES COURT TUE BATES STREET THU BAYVIEW AVENUE THU BAYVIEW TERRACE WED BAYBERRY ROAD WED BEAVER PARK ROAD MON BELL STREET THU BERRY STREET FRI BETSY'S WAY FRI BIRCH HILL ROAD WED BISHOP DRIVE TUE BOW STREET MON BRAMAN STREET WED BRENTWOOD CIRCLE FRI BRIDLE SPUR ROAD TUE BROAD STREET WED BROOKSIDE AVENUE FRI BROOKWOOD LANE FRI BRUCE ROAD TUE BUKER ROAD FRI BUNTING WAY WED BURLEY AVENUE FRI BURLEY STREET MON BURROUGHS STREET THU BUTLER AVENUE THU CABOT ROAD WED CAROLE WAY MON CAROLYN DRIVE FRI CARTER LANE FRI CEDAR HILL DRIVE THU CENTRAL AVENUE THU CHAPEL ROAD MON CHARLES STREET MON CHARTER STREET THU CHASE STREET TUE CHEEVER STREET MON CHERRY STREET THU CHESTNUT STREET FRI CHOATE AVENUE MON CLARK STREET TUE CLINTON AVENUE WED COLANTONI DRIVE FRI COLE ROAD THU COLUMBIA ROAD THU CONANT STREET WED CONIFER HILL DRIVE FRI COOLIDGE ROAD THU COTTAGE AVENUE MON CROSS STREET MON CROSSMAN LANE THU DAMON STREET FRI DAY AVENUE THU DIMOCK STREET FRI DONEGAL CIRCLE FRI DONEGAL LANE FRI DRUMMOND COURT WED EAST STREET THU EATON ROAD FRI ELERTON LANE MON ELM STREET FRI EMILY LANE TUE ENDICOTT STREET MON ESSEX STREET WED FELLOWS STREET MON FLETCHER STREET TUE FLORENCE STREET WED FOREST STREET WED FOX RUN ROAD THU FRANKLIN STREET TUE GATES STREET FRI GERMANO DRIVE WED GLENDALE DRIVE WED GORMAN ROAD WED GRANDVIEW ROAD FRI GRAYSTONE DRIVE TUE HARBOR STREET TUE HARDY STREET WED HAZEN AVENUE TUE HIGH STREET TUE HIGH STREET COURT MON HOBART COURT MON HOBART STREET WED HOLLIS ROAD FRI HOLLY LANE MON HOLTEN STREET FRI HOOD ROAD TUE HOOD TERRACE THU HUNT STREET TUE JACOBS AVENUE TUE JACOBS LANDING MON JOHN STREET FRI JUNIPER RIDGE ROAD TUE KENT STREET WED KIMBERLY DRIVE WED LAFAYETTE AVENUE FRI LAKEVIEW AVENUE THU LANE PARKWAY MON LANTERN LANE MON LARCHMONT STREET WED LARRABEE AVENUE TUE LIBERTY STREET WED LINDALL STREET THU LOCUST STREET FRI LOCUST STREET MON LORIS ROAD THU LUMMUS AVENUE TUE MACARTHUR BLVD. FRI MADISON AVE. FRI MAKUSHIN LANE WED MAPLE AVENUE WED MAPLE STREET TUE MCDEWELL AVENUE TUE MEAD STREET TUE MERRILL STREET TUE MILL STREET TUE MILL STREET COURT FRI MORGAN DRIVE THU MORNINGSIDE DRIVE TUE Mt. CARMEL ROAD FRI MUSTANG CIRCLE FRI NEAL ROAD TUE NEEDHAM ROAD MON NORTH PUTNAM ST. THU NORTH SHETLAND RD. TUE NORTH SHORE AVE. THU OAK STREET THU OAKLAND ROAD WED OLD STONEWALL AVE. WED OTIS STREET WED OXBOW ROAD MON PAGE ST COURT MON PAGE STREET TUE PALMER AVENUE THU PARK STREET MON PEABODY AVENUE TUE PERRY DRIVE TUE PERRY STREET WED PICKERING COURT MON PICKERING PLACE MON PICKERING STREET WED PICKERING STREET THU PILLSBURY AVENUE FRI PINE HILL ROAD MON PINE STREET WED PINE STREET MON POND STREET THU POPLAR STREET WED POPLAR STREET THU PORTER STREET MON POST GATE ROAD WED PRENTISS ROAD WED PRESTON STREET THU PURITAN ROAD MON PUTNAM COURT MON PUTNAM STREET TUE RAINBOW TERRACE TUE RALPH ROAD WED RAND CIRCLE TUE RAY STREET FRI REGENT DRIVE MON RICE STREET WED RICHARDS STREET FRI RIDING CLUB ROAD TUE RIVER DRIVE TUE RIVER STREET TUE RIVER STREET COURT THU RIVERBANK AVENUE THU RIVERSIDE AVENUE TUE RIVERSIDE STREET FRI ROBIN HILL ROAD FRI ROCKY HILL CIRCLE WED ROOSEVELT AVENUE WED SANDPIPER CIRCLE THU SCHOOL STREET FRI SHARON'S WAY THU SHETLAND ROAD TUE SOUTH LIBERTY ST. TUE SOUTH SHORE AVE. FRI SPARROW LANE MON SPRUCE STREET THU ST. HILAIRE AVENUE FRI SURREY LANE WED SUNSET AVENUE TUE TIPERT STREET FRI TOMAHAWK LANE FRI TOOMEY STREET THU TRASK STREET TUE TRASK WAY WED TRUCHE WAY FRI VALLEY ROAD WED VENICE STREET WED VINEYARD STREET MON WADSWORTH STREET TUE WALTER ROAD MON WASHINGTON STREET MON WASHINGTON ST. EXT. TUE WATER STREET THU WEBB STREET FRI WENHAM STREET WED WESTON STREET FRI WEST WIND ROAD WED WHIPPLE STREET FRI WILDWOOD ROAD MON WILLIAMS STREET THU WILLOW AVENUE WED WINTHROP STREET WED WINTHROP ST. EXT. FRI WORTHINGTON AVE.
| TUE ADAMS STREET WED AGAWAM AVENUE WED ALGONQUIN ROAD MON ALMA LANE MON AMANDA DRIVE FRI AMERENA CIRCLE THU AMHERST STREET MON ANDOVER STREET MON ANNA DRIVE FRI APPLE TREE ROAD FRI ARDMORE DRIVE MON ARMORY ROAD TUE ARTHUR STREET TUE ASH STREET THU AUBURN STREET WED AUTUMN STREET THU AVON ROAD FRI BAGLEY AVENUE FRI BALDWIN ROAD FRI BARBARA ROAD FRI BARTLETT ROAD TUE BEACON STREET TUE BIRCH STREET THU BELGIAN ROAD THU BOWDOIN STREET THU BRADFORD ROAD FRI BRADLEY ROAD FRI BRADSTREET AVENUE MON BRIARWOOD DRIVE FRI BRIDGE STREET THU BROOKVALE DRIVE MON BROOK CIRCLE THU BROWN ROAD THU BURLEY STREET FRI BURLEY FARM ROAD THU BURNHAM LANE MON BURNS STREET WED BUTTONWOOD LANE MON BUXTON ROAD THU CABOT ROAD WED CALUMET ROAD TUE CANAL STREET FRI CARDINAL ROAD FRI CARDINAL ROAD EXT. MON CEMETERY ROAD MON CENTRE STREET TUE CHESTER STREET FRI CHEVALIER AVENUE MON CHRISTIAN LANE FRI CLARENCE AVENUE THU COLBY ROAD THU COLGATE STREET WED COLLEGE POND DRIVE TUES COLLINS STREET FRI CONANT STREET FRI CONGRESS AVENUE THU COOLIDGE ROAD MON CORDOBA DRIVE THU CORNELL ROAD FRI CORTLAND ROAD TUE CRANE STREET TUE CRESTLINE CIRCLE MON DANIELLE DRIVE THU DARTMOUTH STREET MON DAYTON STREET WED DELAWARE AVENUE TUE DODGE COURT FRI DOTY AVENUE MON DRURY LANE WED DURKEE CIRCLE MON DYER COURT FRI EDEN GLEN AVENUE WED EDGEHILL CIRCLE FRI ELLIOTT STREET WED ERIE LANE THU EXETER STREET MON FAIRVIEW STREET TUE FLINT COURT TUE FLINT STREET TUE FLYNN AVENUE FRI FOLLY HILL DRIVE MON FOREST STREET FRI FOSTER STREET TUE FOWLER STREET MON GARDEN STREET FRI GARFIELD AVENUE FRI GLEN AVENUE TUE GOULD STREET MON GRACE ROAD TUE GRANT STREET FRI GRAPEVINE ROAD MON GREEN STREET WED GREENLEAF DRIVE THU GROVE STREET TUE HAMPSHIRE STREET FRI HANSON ROAD TUE HEALY COURT THU HEMLOCK STREET MON HICKORY LANE MON HIDDEN PLACE TUE HIGH STREET MON HIGHLAND TERRACE FRI HILLCREST ROAD FRI HILLTOP ROAD WED HURON AVENUE FRI HUSSEY AVENUE FRI HUTTON STREET TUE HYDE STREET MON INGERSOLL PARKWAY MON INGERSOLL STREET WED INNIS DRIVE MON IPSWICH RIVER ROAD WED IROQUOIS ROAD TUE IRVING STREET FRI JALBERT LANE FRI JERSEY LANE WED KENMORE DRIVE FRI KIMBALL AVENUE TUE LAUREL STREET FRI LAURINE ROAD TUE LAWRENCE STREET MON LEBEL ROAD MON LEBLANC DRIVE WED LEDGEWOOD DRIVE THU LESTER ROAD FRI LIBERTY STREET WED LIMA STREET FRI LINCOLN AVENUE TUE LINDEN DRIVE TUE LINWOOD ROAD WED LITTLE DRIVE WED LOBAO DRIVE WED LOCKSLEY ROAD WED LONGBOW ROAD MON LONGFELLOW STREET FRI LORING STREET FRI LUPINE ROAD MON MARTIN STREET THU MASS AVENUE FRI MEADOW LANE TUES MELLO PARKWAY MON MICHAEL DRIVE FRI MILDRED ROAD TUE MILTON ROAD WED MOHAWK STREET FRI MOORE CIRCLE MON MOULTON TERRACE WED NAUMKEAG ROW WED NICHOLS STREET THU NORTH BELGIAN RD. WED NORTH STREET WED NORTHFIELD WAY THU NORWICH ROAD THU OBERLIN ROAD FRI OCEAN AVENUE THU OLD BURLEY STREET WED OLD NORTH STREET FRI ORCHARD LANE WED ORRANTIA CIRCLE FRI OVERLOOK DRIVE TUE PARK STREET MON PASTURE LANE MON PAT DRIVE MON PATRICIA ROAD WED PAULETTE DRIVE FRI PAULINE ROAD FRI PEACH TREE LANE WED PENTUCKET LANE THU PERKINS ROAD TUE PINE STREET TUE PLEASANT AVENUE MON POPES LANE FRI PROSPECT STREET MON PRINCE PLACE MON PRINCE STREET THU PRINCETON STREET TUE PURCHASE STREET MON PUTNAM LANE FRI RAYMOND AVENUE WED RESERVOIR DRIVE FRI RIVERVIEW AVENUE MON ROBERT ROAD WED ROCKLAND ROAD WED ROGERS ROAD FRI ROMAN AVENUE MON ROSEWOOD DRIVE MON ROWELL ROAD TUE RYAN ROAD MON SCOTLAND ROAD MON SALVATORE CIRCLE MON SARATOGA LANE WED SCARLET LANE FRI SEAVIEW AVENUE WED SENECA DRIVE MON SHAWMUT AVENUE FRI SHEFFIELD ROAD THU SHERWOOD AVENUE MON SOUTHSIDE ROAD WED SPRING STREET FRI STAFFORD ROAD FRI STATE ROAD MON STONE STREET WED STRAWBERRY HILL LN. WED SUMMER STREET MON SUMMIT AVENUE THU SYCAMORE STREET TUE SYLVAN STREET MON TARYN DRIVE WED THOMAS ROAD THU THORPE CIRCLE FRI TIBBETTS AVENUE FRI TRASK LANE WED TREETOPS THU TRINITY STREET THU TULANE ROAD MON TWIN ECHO LANE FRI UPLAND ROAD MON VALENTINE TERRACE FRI VISTA DRIVE TUE WALCOTT ROAD MON WALNUT STREET TUE WARREN STREET MON WATSON PARKWAY FRI WAYSIDE DRIVE MON WEEKS ROAD THU WELLESLEY ROAD MON WEST STREET FRI WHITFIELD ROAD THU WOODLAND ROAD THU YALE STREET FRI Y.D. HIGHWAY |