Northborough Patriots Day - Regular Schedule For Trash, Town Offices, Library, Senior Center Closed

Press release from the Town of Northborough:

April 18, 2021

Patriots' Day, Monday April 19th, 2021

Town Offices, Senior Center, and Library will be closed

Trash and Recycling will be collected as scheduled, NO holiday delay

Trash & Recycling Collection Schedule

Trash is picked up each week, recycling is collected every other week.

Click on the street list to determine which day your trash is picked up and which week (A or B) your recycling will be collected.

*no holiday delays in April

Please make sure items are at the curb by 7am, use good judgement and keep in mind the drivers have approximately 1,000 stops each day.

Please do not place items out overnight when snow/ice are predicted. In the event of a storm related cancellation or delay, information will be posted on the Town's website, Cable TV, and e-mailed out to Town News subcribers.

Plastic bags are not a recyclable item and have been listed as such on our Recycling Collection Calendar since 2010. All recyclable items can be co-mingled together and should be left clean and loose in a container (not a plastic bag) which is clearly marked “RECYCLING”. The Department of Environmental Protection has banned plastic bags from the list of acceptable recyclable items. Please visit RecycleSmartMA.org for questions about recyclable items.

Why? Recycling is taken to a material recycling facility where it is separated by material type on a conveyor belt and the plastic bags get caught in the mechanized conveyor system and require the operation to stop. The most recent hauling contract the Town entered into with Republic Services requires the Town to pay a disposal fee for recyclable materials when they are delivered to the material recycling facility. The fee charged by the material recycling facility is based on many factors including the market value of each material type and the quality of the recycling material delivered to their site. While the Town has no control over the market value of these materials we can and do try to educate our residents on the proper way to recycle all possible recyclable materials in order to reduce the contamination level of the recycle materials set out at the curb.

How to Dispose of Plastic Bags?

Plastic bags can be discarded in your town green trash bags with your other household trash or you can recycle them at any of the local department stores (such as Walmart) or a supermarkets (such as Stop and Shop) with containers for plastic bags usually located at the entrance to the store. The reason the plastic bags are appropriate for disposing of trash is because all our trash is taken to a Waste to Energy incinerator where it is burned and converted to electricity.

Take it or Leave it Day - Canceled

Take It or Leave it Day has been cancelled again this year due to the size limits of outdoor gatherings and we hope to bring it back next year.

Household Hazardous Waste Day - Saturday October 23rd

We do plan to hold Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day from 9:00 am to noon on Saturday October 23rd at the DPW Garage and more information will be coming out regarding that event towards the end of the summer.

Visit the Town's Trash and Recycling Wepage

Additional information and resources regarding the Town's Pay as you Throw (PAYT) curbside collection service are available online, click here to view the page

The Town’s Pay as You Throw (PAYT) curbside collection service remains in full operation

• Bulk Item Labels: Residents may purchase a $10 bulk item label to dispose of large burnable items, such as a couch or mattress. Please refer to the Trash & Recycling Calendar/Information Sheet for additional information. Rocky’s Ace Hardware, 261 West Main Street, and Helen’s Variety Store, 292 Main Street, are the only retailers currently selling the bulk item labels.
• Home Delivery of PAYT Bags - Please note both Wegmans in Northborough www.wegmans.com and Roche Bros. in Westborough www.rochebros.com will deliver the Town of Northborough trash bags with your grocery order placed online.
• Town of Northborough PAYT trash bags are also sold at:

Hannaford’s, Route 20, MarlboroughHelen’s Variety, 292 Main StreetRichdale Convenience, 5 West Main StreetHoney Farms 369 West Main StreetRoche Bros., Bay State Commons, WestboroughRocky’s, Ace Hardware, 261 West Main StreetStop & Shop, 290 Turnpike Road, WestboroughStop & Shop, 32 Lyman Street, WestboroughWegman’s, 9102 Shops Way

• 2020-2021 Recycling Collection Calendar / Trash & Recycling Information
• 2020-2021 Trash and Recycling Collection Holiday Schedule
• Street Listing with Recycle Weeks & Trash Pick-Up Days

This press release was produced by the Town of Northborough. The views expressed here are the author’s own.