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The Board of Health is responsible
for regulating the collection, transportation and disposal of garbage, offal
and other offensive substances within the community. To that end, the Board
has adopted regulations governing the licensing of trash haulers within the
community. Included in these regulations is the requirement that recycling
services be offered to our residents.
Northbridge does not have
town-wide pick up of its solid wastes. Residents must privately contract with
a licensed hauler for their trash removal services.
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Listed below
are haulers licensed by the Northbridge Board of Health for the
year 2007:
A.J. Letourneau, Inc.*
(508) 791-4239
Allied Waste
Services (BFI) (800) 551-5584
E.L. Harvey &
Sons* (508) 836-3000
Up-Town Trucking
(508) 476-2343
Patriot Disposal*
(401) 647-3176
Service Time
Inc. (508) 234-7330
Tom Berkowitz Trucking
(508) 234-2920
Waste Management* (508)
835-6001
*These companies may
provide commercial trash removal services only.
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Northbridge
Recycling Center
is located behind
the Northbridge Fire Station at 193 Main Street,Whitinsvlle, Ma. 01588. It is accessible
from Water Street, to the right of the fire station.
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Now collecting household
electronic/electric items excluding white goods. This includes all computer components and
any electrical items in the house.
$.20 per pound charge. Air
conditioners include a $15.00 surcharge.
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The Recycling Center
is open the third Saturday of the month from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM.
Commencing July
2007 the recycling center is accepting monetary donations for operating
expenses.
The following
items are collected ALL YEAR:
- used motor oil, transmission fluid, fuel oil; DO NOT MIX ANYTHING
WITH THE OIL
- used oil filters; DRAIN FILTERS WELL OVERNIGHT
- used antifreeze
- button-cell batteries (from calculators, hearing aids, cameras,
watches, etc.)
- rechargeable batteries, nickel cadmium,
nickel metal hydride, lithium ion, and small sealed lead batteries
smaller than 2 pounds. These
usually come from cordless and cell phones, walkmans, power tools, camcorders
and laptop computers.
- fluorescent tubes, compact, circline,
and U-shaped fluorescents, thermometers, thermostats
- lead-acid batteries, automobile, motorcycle, lawn mower; NO LEAKS
OR DAMAGE, $2.00 per battery.
-household electronic/electric items excluding white goods. This
includes computer components, TV's and any electrical items in the
house. $ .20 per pound charge. Air conditioners and other items
containing hazardous gasses include a $15.00 surcharge each.
The following
are collected APRIL through OCTOBER ONLY:
- SURPLUS PAINTS (interior, exterior, oil-based): KEEP IN ORIGINAL
CONTAINER - LABEL MUST BE READABLE; SURPLUS THINNERS
& TURPENTINE, SHELLACS & VARNISHES
- LATEX PAINT
WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED!!
Due to the rising costs of paint recycling we can no longer accept
latex paint. Latex paint can be disposed of properly with your household
trash after it has completely dried. For cans less than half full
- let dry or mix with kitty litter or saw dust. For FULL cans you
can purchase "paint hardener" - it is available in the
Board of Health office at Town Hall or a the Recycling Center -
cost is just $2 for one bag which will harden paint (one gallon)
to a rubber ball type consistency - then you can just throw it away!
For more information
please contact Marilyn Baker, Chair of the Northbridge Recycling
Committee at (508) 234-8072 or the Northbridge Board of Health office
at (508) 234-3272.
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