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As you open your new holiday treasures, consider recycling your cardboard. Cardboard is important to recycle because it is valuable and banned from the landfill. During this season there are often large cardboard boxes at the curb.
In order for the cardboard to fit in the recycling truck, boxes must be flattened and cut down to no larger than 2 feet by 3 feet. Place cardboard in your blue bin designated for paper. Excess flatted cardboard can be placed beneath your blue bin. Cardboard that is not flattened and cut down to 2 feet by 3 feet or smaller will go in the trash truck since it will not fit in the recycling truck.
You may bring larger cardboard boxes to the 1103 Shawmut Avenue Transfer Station. There is a cardboard compactor there. The hours are Monday – Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM and Saturday 8 AM to 2 PM. The Transfer Station will be closed Christmas and New Year’s Day and half of the day before these holidays.
Cardboard for recycling should be clean (grease or food contamination can interfere with the recycling process). Please remove any packaging materials such as plastic and foam.
For more information call Marissa Perez-Dormitzer the District Recycling Coordinator at (508) 979-1493.
