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RECYCLING
DEPARTMENT
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801
Washington Street
Canton, Mass. 02021
Telephone: 781-575-6650
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am -4:00 pm
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Yard Waste Recycling Facility
Pine Street
Monday - Saturday 7:30am - 4:00pm|
Open April 1 to November 29 and the first two weeks in January
for the collection of holiday trees.
CLOSED MAJOR HOLIDAYS
Patriots’ Day
Monday, April
19
Memorial Day
Monday, May 31
Independence
Day Friday, July 5
Labor Day
Monday, September 6
Columbus Day
Monday, October 11
Veterans’ Day Tuesday, November 11
Thanksgiving Thursday, November
25
The transfer station accepts leaves, grass
clippings, brush and branches that are no more than 4 inches in diameter.
Yard waste may be left in paper bags. All other containers including plastic
bags must be emptied.
YARD
WASTE TRANSFER STICKERS
2009 Stickers for the Yard Waste Transfer Station on Pine Street are now
on sale. They are available at Town Hall, DPW Administration,
Mondays-Fridays from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will be available at the Pine
Street Yard Waste Center on Saturday, October 18th, Saturday,
October 25th and Saturday, November 1 from 8 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Sticker cost is $10.00.
Please have your license plate number (registration) with you. These new
stickers will be effective immediately and through December 2009. Stickers
that have already been issued will be valid through January 2009.
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Future
Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Saturday, May 30, 2009
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
DPW Garage
150 Bolivar Street
Click here to view collection materials list
Index
2009-2010 Recycling Calendar (pdf)
Recycling Street Listing
Collection by Day of Week (pdf)
Curbside
Guidelines
Paper
Guidelines
Container
Guidelines
Drop
Off Yard Waste - Pine Street Landfill
Leaf & Yard Waste
Facility Schedule
Miscellaneous
Information
Frequently
Asked Questions
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Recycling bins are collected every other
week on your regular trash collection day. Pick up a recycling
calendar or check with a neighbor to determine which weeks are
yours or call the Canton Recycling Info Line at (781) 575-6650..
If you've missed a collection or your calendar doesn't line up
with the collection schedule, call BFI at 1-800-244-4234
Whenever a scheduled collection day falls on a holiday, that
day's collection and all remaining collections for the week will
be delayed by one day. Friday's collection will be on Saturday.
- Rinse all containers clean
- No plastic bags
- Set bins out by 7 a.m.
- Bins containing improper
materials will be left behind
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Paper
Guidelines
- Newspapers/inserts
- Magazines, catalogs, phone
books
- Junk mail (remove plastic
windows)
- Office paper
- Brown paper bags
- Boxboard (cereal, shoe &
cracker boxes, etc. Remove plastic liners, no waxed paper)
- White AND colored paper
- Corrugated cardboard (flatten,
remove tape & string, no waxed cardboard) cut to
24 inches by 24 inches (max)
- All paper and cardboard must
be clean
- No plastic bags
Container
Guidelines
- Glass bottles/jars (remove
lids, corks, etc. No broken or other
glass such as light bulbs, window or auto glass, dishes,
glasses, Pyrex)
- Aluminum, tin/steel cans &
lids (No paint or aerosol cans or other metal
item.)
- All plastic bottles & jars
(remove caps, lids, pumps & wraps. No plastic bags. No
motor oil or chemical containers)
- Milk& juice cartons, drink
boxes (remove straws & caps, may flatten)
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- Christmas Trees - first
2 weeks in January. Watch local papers for hours & days.
- Yard Waste - leaves,
grass & other easily raked material in paper leaf bags
only. No plastic bags. Sticker required.
Recycling Stickers may be purchased at the DPW Administration Office
for $10.00.
TV & COMPUTER MONITOR DROP OFF RECYCLING - DPW Garage, 150 Bolivar
Street
TV's & Computers Monitors: Screen must be intact and
must be placed inside the container marked "CRT Shed".
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- Paint exchange &
disposal are announced in the local papers.
- Hazardous waste
collections take place every year.
White Goods
must have their doors removed.
Call
617-471-7900. Pickups are by appointment only.
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