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How & Where to Recycle
Curbside - Single stream curbside collection of household recyclables is on alternate weeks. Just put your filled recycling cart out next to your regular household trash by 7 a.m. Recyclables and trash will be collected by separate trucks. Please review the official MA recycling guide below to be sure only acceptable materials go into your recycling cart. Do NOT bag your recycling in plastic bags!
Falmouth Waste Management Facility offers many opportunities to recycle materials NOT accepted in your curbside cart such as batteries, clothing/textiles, books, mattresses, scrap metal and more.
Recycle at Curbside:
- Newspapers, Magazines, and Glossy Ad Inserts
- Office Paper, Cardboard
- Paperback books, Phone books
- Junk (and other) mail
- Paper Egg Cartons, cereal boxes, toy boxes
- Clean corrugated cardboard
- Pizza Boxes are accepted! Must be free of food residue and flattened.
How to Prepare
- Paper and cardboard may be placed loose or in paper bags inside the cart.
- Remove and dispose of plastic or foil liners from cereal / food boxes.
- Remove foam or bubble-wrap from packing boxes.
- Break-down and flatten all cardboard boxes and put inside recycling cart.
- All materials must be placed inside cart for collection.
Recycle at Curbside:
- Clear, brown, and green glass containers only.
- Beverage Bottles
- Mayonnaise jars
- Baby food jars
- Spaghetti sauce jars
- Wine and beer bottles
How to Prepare
- Labels, lids and neck rings may remain on container.
- Rinse clean and place in your blue cart
Recycle at Curbside:
- All metal food and beverage cans
- Aluminum foil and food trays
How to Prepare
- Labels may remain on
- Rinse clean and place in your blue cart
- Metal lids from glass containers should be left on container or put in trash. (Small metal lids can fall through the cracks at the sorting facility.)
Recycle at Curbside:
- ALL plastic bottles, jars, jugs, and tubs.
- This includes: plastic food containers, drink bottles, detergent bottles, household cleaner bottles, clear plastic deli and produce boxes, shampoo bottles, etc.
- Plastics #1 through #7 are accepted, but the shape and type of container is more important than the #.
- NOTE: Black Plastic food service trays are NOT recyclable. Put them in the trash.
- NOTE: Molded rigid plastic tool, toy, & electronic packages are NOT recyclable. Put them in the trash.
How to Prepare
- Empty and Rinse all containers.
- Flatten bottles when possible.
- Lids, labels, and neck rings may remain on containers.
- Loose plastic lids smaller than 2" should go in the trash.
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