Recycling & Solid Waste
General Guidelines
- Each household will receive 50 free bags (prorated as applicable). Additional bags ($2 each in packages of ten for $20) are available at Town Hall or the Village Co-op in Leverett.
- Only trash in tied yellow “Town of Shutesbury” bags are acceptable. OPEN BAGS WILL BE REJECTED.
- Reasons for trash bag rejections: bag contains recyclables; bag was not tied; bag weighs more than 30 pounds; bag contains yard waste, hazardous materials, or construction debris. ITEMS OUTSIDE BAGS WILL NOT BE TAKEN. Repeat violators may be fined.
- Trash bags and recyclables must be roadside by 7am on pickup day to assure collection. No call-backs.
- You can put out more than one bag; place bags inside a barrel to avoid disturbance by animals.
- Recycling containers: blue recycling boxes; lidded plastic storage boxes or trash barrels may be used, but must be marked with the available “bumper stickers” or large painted “R” or “recycling” on all sides; The hauler must be able to lift the container into the truck, with the contents fully supported. You cannot place recyclable cans, bottles and containers out in plastic or paper bags. They contaminate the load. Please flatten plastic milk jugs and other lightweight containers.
- Paper/cardboard recyclables may be in any solid container - NO PLASTIC BAGS. Paper bags are OK but must support weight of contents. Fold and flatten cardboard to 3 ft sections or it will be left. NO PIZZA BOXES.
- Passenger car tires, and standard pickup truck tires, may now be placed at curbside with a Town bag tied firmly around the tire, like a bow. Maximum of two per week, please, and the hauler may delay taking them on any given week, depending on their truck capacity. No tires on rims, or oversized tires, will be taken at curbside.
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