1. Why should I recycle?
Recycling is responsible resource management. Recycling reduces pollution, saves energy and saves the City money! (By recycling, we save on the cost of incinerating our trash, currently about $32/ton but due to increase in January 2005). Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees. The items that we recycle become other useful products.
2. When is my collection day?
The City is divided into black and orange weeks for recycling collection (Beverly High School colors), so your recycling is collected every other week on the same day your trash is collected. Click here to view the street listing to determine your week (color) and day, and then refer to recycling calendar. Do you have a blue bin? Don’t worry. It will be picked up. Just make sure you have it out on the right week. The recycling calendar is shaded based on the original separation of the city’s recycling routes and distribution of orange and black bins.
3. What about holiday week collections?
When there is a holiday, collections will be delayed 1 day after holiday occurs e.g. if your usual day is Monday and that is a holiday, your trash/recycling day will be Tuesday. Friday’s pickup will be on Saturday that week. If the holiday falls on a Thursday (e.g. Thanksgiving), only Thursday and Friday’s collections would be affected.
4. I did not receive a recycling calendar. How can I get one?
You can pick up a recycling calendar at City Hall (Engineering or Planning Departments)
You can also view the calendar by clicking here.
5. When should I put out my recycling?
Residents should place their recycling at the curb no later than 7 am on their recycling collection day.
6. Why didn’t the truck pick up my recycling?
· Check to make sure you put your recycling out on the correct day/week. See above
· Was it recyclable?
· Were paper products bundled from containers?
· Were your recyclables in recycling bin and separate from your trash?
· Was your cardboard 3’ x 3’ or less and tied or taped in bundles of 6” or less?
7. Who do I call if my trash/recycling/yardwaste is not picked up?
Call JRM at 1 800 323 4285
8. What can I recycle?
PAPER: Newspapers including inserts, magazines, catalogs, phone and other paperback books, hardcover books with covers removed, junk mail, clean paperboard such as cereal / pasta boxes / pizza boxes and egg cartons and flattened cardboard no larger than 3 x 3’ are some of the paper type items. COMMINGLED ITEMS: Metal cans, CLEAN aluminum foil, glass bottles and plastic containers labeled # 1 to 7. Click here to view recycling calendar.
9. How do I put items out for recycling?
All glass, plastic and metal containers, and aluminum foil can be commingled and placed in your recycling bin (or in another like container such as a laundry basket if your bin is full). All newspapers, cereal boxes, junk mail and magazines should be put in brown paper bags like you get at a grocery store and placed beside or on top of recycling bin or in its own recycling bin. Cardboard should be flattened and tied or taped in bundles no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet by 6 inches thick. Do not place any items in plastic bags and do not commingle paper with containers. Place your recycling separate from your trash.
10. Do I need to rinse out my bottles and cans?
Rinsing cans, bottles and jars helps to reduce odor and discourage pests from invading your bin. An easy way to do this is to place cans and bottles and plastics in your dishwasher or rinse them with the rinse water after you have finished your dishes. Labels and neck rings do not need to be removed.
11. Do I need to separate cans, bottles and plastic containers from each other?
All glass, plastic and metal containers, and aluminum foil can be placed (commingled) in your recycling bin (or in another like container such as a laundry basket if your bin is full).
12. What about Styrofoam, and microwave food boxes?
These items are not recyclable and should be placed in the trash.
13. Can I put out more than one recycling bin?
Yes!
14. Where can I get a recycling bin?
Bins are available for $5 in City Hall in the Engineering Department (2nd floor).
15. Does the City collect yard waste (leaves, grass clippings other easily raked material)?
Yes! Yard waste collections are scheduled for several weeks in the spring and fall and occur on your regular recycling day. Click here to view recycling calendar. Yard waste should be place loose in open trash barrels or in the large paper yard waste bags available at many stores. Not acceptable: plastic bags, boxes, and tree stumps and large tree limbs.
16. Is there a drop off location for yard waste?
The City operates a compost site at 16 Standley Road that is opened from April 2 – December 21, 2007 on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 am to 3:30 pm. Residents are allowed to bring leaves, grass clippings, branches up to 2” in diameter and Christmas trees.
17. What about Christmas trees?
Residents who want to recycle their Christmas trees are asked to bring them to compost facility when open. See previous.
18. Does the City have a home compost bin program?
The City offers home compost bins for sale at a reduced rate. Call the Community Development Office at 978 921.8300 for more information.
19. Does the City collect Construction & Demolition material?
The City of Beverly does not have the ability to pick up any construction and demolition material with either trash or recycling. This category generally includes asphalt, bricks, concrete and other masonry materials, soil, rock, wall coverings, drywall, plumbing fixtures, insulation, roofing shingles, plate glass, metal, wood waste, and electrical wires).
20. What can I do with old paint, used motor oil and other chemicals?
· Used motor oil can be brought to the DPS Garage, 148 Park Street 7: 30 am to 3 pm Mondays through Fridays or by appointment. (978 921-6053)
· Latex paint can be dried out (solidify with kitty litter or with specifically designed products that are now available) and placed in the trash.
· Oil based paints, chemical and other household hazardous waste should be brought to the City’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection scheduled in April. For more information, call the Board of Health 978 921 8591.
21. What can I do with mercury containing items?
Thermometers, thermostats, mercury switches and button batteries can be brought to the Board of Health at 90 Colon Street during normal business hours. Call 978 921 8591 for more information.
Fluorescent lamps should be brought to City Hall, Memorial Municipal Building. For more information, call the Board of Health 978 921 8591.
22. What do I do with unwanted appliances?
Call 978 921-6000 (Engineering Department) to schedule a pick up. Pick up is the 3rd Saturday of each month. Freon must be removed from refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and de-humidifiers by a licensed technician and documentation submitted to Engineering Dept in order to be picked up. For other small appliances see below.
23. How about CRTs: television sets and computer monitors?
Residents must purchase a $20 sticker at the Engineering Department (3rd floor, City Hall). Pick up is the 3rd Saturday of every month. Call 978 921 6000 ext. 403 (Engineering) for more information.
24. How about computers, microwaves and other electronics?
Non-freon bearing small appliances and computers (for computer monitors, see above) and accessories may be discarded in the regular trash but if they are useable, first try to find a place where they can be put to use.
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