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Town of Northbridge, |
Northbridge Board of HealthSOLID WASTE & RECYCLING
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MATERIAL |
MATERIAL DEFINITION |
WHERE/HOW
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Lead-acid Batteries
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Lead-acid batteries used in motor vehicles or stationary applications. |
The Northbridge ecyclingCenter $2.00 per battery
BFI/customers/fee Tom Berkowitz Trucking/customers/fee Uptown Trucking/customers/non-customers/fee Most stores selling new batteries will accept your old one |
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Leaves and Yard Waste
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Deciduous and coniferous leaves, grass clippings, garden materials, shrub trimmings, and brush up to one inch in diameter. |
Northbridge Sewer Department, Providence Road, Northbridge, go to rear of site. Sticker for access required, $10.00 fee/year, hours limited. Please contact the Board of Health for more information, 508-234-3272. |
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Whole
Tires (landfills only) |
Whole car and truck tires of all types. A tire can be landfilled only if it has been shredded or ground into at least four pieces so that it no longer has a circular shape. Combustion facilities and transfer stations can accept whole tires. |
BFI/customers/fee Tom Berkowitz Trucking/customers/fee Uptown Trucking/customers/non-customers/fee |
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White
Goods |
An appliance employing electricity, oil, natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas to preserve or cook food, to wash or dry clothing, cooking or kitchen utensils or related items, or to cool or heat air or water. These include refrigerators, freezers, dish washers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, gas or electric ovens and ranges, and hot water heaters.(310 CMR 19.006) |
BFI/customers/fee Service Time Inc./customers/non-customers/fee Uptown Trucking/customers/non-customers/fee |
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Metal Containers
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Aluminum, steel or bi-metal beverage and food containers. |
Please contact your local refuse hauler for proper disposal of these items. Curbside pickup should be offered if you have curbside trash removal. |
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Glass Containers
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Glass bottles and jars excluding light bulbs, plate glass, ceramics, Pyrex cookware, drinking glasses, windows, and windshields. |
Please contact your local refuse hauler for proper disposal of these items. Curbside pickup should be offered if you have curbside trash removal. |
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Single
Resin Narrow-necked Plastics |
All narrow-necked plastic containers of any resin type. In narrow-necked containers the diameter of the opening is smaller than the diameter of the base (e.g., a soda bottle is "narrow-necked", but a yogurt container is not). |
Please contact your local refuse hauler for proper disposal of these items. Curbside pickup should be offered if you have curbside trash removal. |
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Recyclable
Paper |
All paper, cardboard, and paperboard products excluding tissue paper, toweling, paper plates, cups, and other low-grade paper products which become unusable to paper mills as a result of normal intended use (e.g., office paper, newspapers, unwaxed cardboard and cereal boxes, but no used paper towels). |
Please contact your local refuse hauler for proper disposal of these items. Curbside pickup should be offered if you have curbside trash removal. |
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Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) |
Any intact, broken, or processed glass tube used to provide the visual display in televisions, computer monitors and certain scientific instruments such as oscilloscopes. (310 CMR 19.006) |
Northbridge Recycling Center, behind Fire Station, 193 Main Street,
Whitinsville. The 3rd Saturday of every month, 9am - 1pm. $.20/lb,
$15.00 surcharge for air conditioners Uptown Trucking/customers/non-customers/fee |
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