Please make sure you're carefully screening what is put in your recycling carts - Plastic bags & Styrofoam are the biggest contaminants in Waltham!

Waltham residents - Please make sure you're carefully screening what is put in your recycling carts! Feedback from our collection vendor, "EZ Disposal and Recycling", indicated that the biggest contaminant in Waltham is currently plastic bags and Styrofoam.

• PLASTIC BAGS: Plastic bags get stuck in recycling machinery! Please DO NOT put recyclables in a plastic bag & DO NOT put any plastic bags in your recycling carts. You can recycle plastic bags at local supermarkets: Market Basket, Hannafords (accepts all types - grocery, shopping, film packaging etc), Shaws (accepts only grocery bags with handles). For more info, visit http://plasticfilmrecycling.org

• STYROFOAM: NEVER put any Styrofoam in your recycling carts, large or small. The City does not take Styrofoam for recycling. Styrofoam can be put into the trash. Styrofoam packing peanuts can be dropped off at Mail Boxes Etc. 738 Main St, Waltham. All Styrofoam can be recycled at Conigliaro Industries in Framingham, MA for a fee (1-888-266-4425)

Please make sure to follow the guidelines printed on the top of your new recycling carts and see more info on Recycling & trash here: https://www.city.waltham.ma.us/recycling-department

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