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Recyclable Materials
If you have questions or complaints about your recycling day, or why your recycling may have been left behind, please contact Republic Services at 508-398-9222 or 800-352-7808, Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Curbside - Single stream curbside collection of household recyclables is on alternate weeks. Just put your filled recycling bin out next to your regular household rubbish by 7 a.m. Recyclables and trash will be collected by separate trucks. (Note: If you've accidentally discarded something that cannot be recycled, we'll leave it in your bin with a note to let you know why it is not recyclable.) Do NOT bag your recycling in plastic bags!
Falmouth Waste Management Facility offers many opportunities to recycle materials NOT accepted in your curbside bins such as batteries, clothing/textiles, books, mattresses, scrap metal and more.
Where to Recycle
Curbside - Single stream curbside collection of household recyclables is on alternate weeks. Just put your filled recycling bin out next to your regular household rubbish by 7 a.m. Recyclables and trash will be collected by separate trucks. (Note: If you've accidentally discarded something that cannot be recycled, we'll leave it in your bin with a note to let you know why it is not recyclable.) Do NOT bag your recycling in plastic bags!
Falmouth Waste Management Facility offers many opportunities to recycle materials NOT accepted in your curbside bins such as batteries, clothing/textiles, books, mattresses, scrap metal and more.
Recycle at Curbside:
- Newspapers, Magazines, and Glossy Ad Inserts
- Office Paper
- Paperback books, Phone books
- Junk (and other) mail
- Paper Egg Cartons, cereal boxes, toy boxes
- Clean corrugated cardboard (cannot be stained with food particles)
How to Prepare
- Place all paper products in paper bags and put inside or next to blue bin.
- Remove and dispose of plastic or foil liners from cereal boxes and packaging boxes.
- Break-down, flatten and bundle cardboard boxes, or place in paper bags. Bundle size not to exceed 2 feet x 2 feet. Twine may used to tie bundles.
Recycle at Curbside:
- Clear, brown 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 are okay
- Rinse clean and place in your blue bin
Recycle at Curbside:
- All metal cans; tin, steel, aluminum etc.
- Aluminum foil and food trays
How to Prepare
- Labels, lids and neck rings are okay
- Rinse clean and place in your blue bin
Recycle at Curbside:
- Detergent bottles Window cleaner bottles
- Plastic milk, juice and water jugs (Not with wax / colored finish)
- Plastics #1 through #7
- Soda bottles
- Thermoform hard plastics (toy and tool packaging)
- Vegetable and fruit containers
- Black Plastic food service trays are NOT recyclable. Put them in the trash.
How to Prepare
- Empty and Rinse
- Flatten bottles when possible
- Lids, labels and neck rings are okay
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