RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE
The Marshall Street
Recycling Area is now
accepting fluorescent
light bulbs for
recycling. The
Recycling Area is open
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturdays.
Town of Holliston utilizes a Pay as You Throw system for trash collection.
SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING PROGRAM INFORMATION
SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING PROGRAM INFORMATION
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The first bag or barrel of trash each week does not require a sticker. Additional
bags or barrels require a $2.00 sticker. Stickers are available at Town Hall (703 Washington Street), Holliston Superette (777Washington Street) Mastro's (1566 Washington St.) Country Farms (429 Washington Street), Holliston ServiceStar Hardware (58 Central Street) and Village Stationery (92 Central Street). Senior Citizens can obtain free stickers at the Town Hall. Bulk items and tires are still picked up for free by calling BFI at 1-800-551-5584 to schedule a day. Household rubbish, trash and garbage can be placed in trash barrels (no trash receptacles over 35 gallons in size) or tied in plastic bags and placed at the curb. Each container has a forty pound limit. Barrels and bags containing food garbage can be sprayed with household ammonia to deter pests. Four tires per year (without rims) but no more than one tire per week may be placed at the curb for collection. Rims can be recycled at the Marshall Street drop off recycling area. Oversized Items such as mattresses, couches, doors, wood bundled in three foot lengths, etc., can be collected at the curb by calling Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) at 1.800.551.5584. Bulk metal items such as swing sets and pipe can be recycled at the Marshall Street drop off recycling area. Appliances such as refrigerators, water heaters, stoves, etc., can be picked up at the curb by calling BFI at 1.800.551.5584 for a bulk pickup. The following materials will not be collected as curbside trash: Building materials, construction waste, earth, stones and tree stumps. These must be separately disposed of by making arrangements with your contractor, BFI, or a private trash disposal company. Hazardous wastes such as drain cleaners, oil paints, solvents, motor oil, pesticides, batteries and gas grill tanks. There is an annual hazardous waste collection day in May or June. Watch your newspaper or call 429-0608 for more information. Latex or water based paints can be allowed to harden by leaving them open to the air and then placed in the trash. Gas grill tanks can be returned to businesses that refill them for a small fee. Motor oil can be recycled at the place of purchase. Televisions, computer monitors and other CRTs These can be taken to the Marshall Street drop off recycling area. Yard Waste and brush. Items such as leaves, grass clippings and pine needles, branches, limbs, logs and other natural vegetation are not collected at the curb except during designated weeks in the fall and spring. Bring them to the Marshall Street drop off recycling area and deposit them in the designated composting area in compostable bags or loose. Do not use plastic bags or mix in trash. Material from site development or commercial enterprises is not accepted. See the schedule below for your weekly collection day. Whenever a scheduled collection day falls on a holiday, that day's collection and all remaining collections for the week will be delayed one day. Friday's collection will be on Saturday. Holidays observed are: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The exception to the rule is when any of these holidays fall on a weekend, there will be no change in the normal pickup days. To report that your trash or recycling has not been picked up, call BFI Customer Service at 1.800.551.5584. RECYCLING - CURBSIDE Recycling bins are collected EVERY WEEK on your regular trash collection day. See the schedule below for your weekly collection day. Whenever a scheduled collection day falls on a holiday, that day's collection and all remaining collections for the week will be delayed one day. Friday's collection will be on Saturday PAPER – Newspapers, inserts, magazines, cereal boxes, catalogs, excess mail, office paper, wrapping paper, cards, phone books, calendars. All in paper bags. NO plastic bags, waxed boxes, carbon paper, paper cups, napkins, plates, food residue or soiled paper. If you use a barrel for recycling paper, please make sure it does not exceed forty pounds. Flattened cardboard (pieces no larger than 2 feet by 2 feet) can be recycled at the curb or any size cardboard can be taken to the Marshall Street drop off area. GLASS – All glass food and beverage containers. NO broken glass, windows, light bulbs, drinking glasses or vases. METAL – All aluminum and tin food and beverage cans. NO paint or aerosol cans, propane tanks or other metal items. Scrap metal can also be taken to the Marshall Street drop off area. PLASTIC – #1-7. Meat trays, foam egg cartons, milk juice, water jugs, laundry detergent bottles. NO plastic bags, motor oil or chemical containers or flower pots. Plastic grocery bags, newspaper bags and other clear or light colored plastic bags can be recycled at the grocery store. Labels are available at Town Hall to convert trash barrels into recycling containers. Space your recycling containers several feet away from trash containers when setting them at the curb. It helps collection personnel to easily identify them. The cardboard and goodwill containers formerly located behind Town Hall have been permanently removed. Do NOT bring cardboard or goodwill items there anymore. Cardboard can be flattened into 2 ft. by 2 ft. pieces and recycled curbside or brought to the Marshall Street drop off recycling area. Goodwill items can be brought to the Planet Aid collection bin located at Holliston Oil Service, Inc., on Woodland Street and the Saint Vincent DePaul bin behind Saint Mary's Church. To report that your trash or recycling has not been picked up, call BFI Customer Service at 1.800.551.5584. RECYCLING – MARSHALL STREET The Marshall Street drop off recycling area is a metal, brush, cardboard and leaf recycling and composting facility. Presently, the facility is open on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The facility is in the process of being expanded. Watch for an announcement of the expansion and new hours. The facility is open to Holliston residents only and the following items are accepted: Yard waste and brush Items such as leaves, grass clippings and pine needles, branches, limbs, logs and other natural vegetation are not collected at the curb except during designated weeks in the fall and spring. Bring them to the Marshall Street drop off recycling area and deposit them in the designated composting area in compostable bags or loose. Do not use plastic bags or mix in trash. Material from site development or commercial enterprises is not accepted. Televisions and computer monitors (CRTs) can be brought to the Marshall Street drop off area for disposal. They will no longer be picked up by BFI at the curb. Flattened cardboard can be recycled in the recycling bins at Marshall Street. Scrap metal items such as sheet metal, cast iron, bicycles, lawn mowers but not gas cylinders (propane tanks can be recycled where they are refilled). Please remove plastic, rubber, liquids, wood and glass. Please note that appliances such as refrigerators, water heaters, stoves, etc., are not accepted at Marshall Street. You can call BFI at 1.800.551.5584 for a bulk pickup at the curb. Propane tanks are not accepted at Marshall Street. Please return tanks to businesses that refill them, including En-R-GY Saver, 1470 Washington Street, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday ($7.00/tank disposal fee). Mercury thermometers can be exchanged for digital thermometers at Town Hall, 703 Washington Street. 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