Updated Recycling Guidance
Posted on: April 10, 2024 - 4:36pm
As long as you put the right things in your recycling bin, you can rest assured they are being recycled. Just follow the YES list on our guide, here below. Sending recyclables to a landfill or incinerator is against the law in Massachusetts and costs a lot of money. Your recycling efforts are not in vain!
Here are some additional tips:
- Anything smaller than a credit card will slip through the sorting machinery and will be discarded
- Place the lids of tin cans inside the can itself, then squeeze inward to close so that the lid does not fall out
- Keep bottle covers attached to the bottles (plastic or glass)
- Empty pizza boxes are acceptable, and some grease is okay (if a section is soaked with grease, tear it off and throw it in the trash)
- Remove food scraps and liquids from containers
- Although some thin, stretchy plastic bags may be recycled at most grocery or big-box stores, no type of plastic bag may go in the recycling bin