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Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Ave
Newton Centre, MA 02459

617-796-1000
TDD/TTY 617-796-1089

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8:30am-5:00pm
Tuesday
8:30am- 8:00pm


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ADDITIONAL OR OVERFLOW TRASH

Providing 1 free cart per household is an equitable solution to trash collection. In several of surveys conducted in Newton, most recently in the pilot program, most residents could use the one 64-gallon cart for their trash needs.  The more you recycle, the less likely you will incur the need to resolve this problem.  Also you will need to break, cut, crush,  etc. to get material to fit into the cart. 

However, if a household disposes more than a 64-gallon cart worth of trash each week, there are two options:

  • For occassional overflow trash, you can purchase 33-gallon orange “overflow” bags at stores.  These are the only acceptable bags for extra trash collection in Newton. Click here to see listing of stores.
  • For regular amount of overflow trash, you can purchase an extra cart for an annual fee.  An extra 34 gallon cart will be $150 annually and extra 64 gallon carts will be $200 annually. Payment of the annual fee must be current. You can pick up a form at Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton MA 02459.

BULKY WASTE

Large oversized items, such as couches, chairs, mattresses, tables, carpets (cut and rolled to lengths of 4 ft or less), wood (less than 4 ft long), etc., are considered bulky waste.

Christmas trees are not bulky waste. Click here for guidelines.

Cardboard is not bulky waste, click here for recycling guidelines or bring it to the Recycling Depot.

Please note extra trash and construction materials are not bulky waste. To handle these items, please see guidelines for overflow trash.<----

Please click here for information on appliances and electronics.

Limit of five (5) bulky items per week.

The collection of these items is still available to residents but is now by appointment only by calling DPW/Environmental Affairs at 617.796.1000 by 3:30pm the business day BEFORE your collection day. 

Place the bulky item at curbside on your collection day.  It is collected by a separate truck. Place these items away from the cart so there is no interference with the cart collection. 

However, if these items are in good condition:

1. Sell the items at a yard sale

2. Go online to WasteNotNewton.com to list the items for giveaway or to another on-line service

3. Give the items to charity, please see our reuse and donation listings.

Please contact DPW/Environmental Affairs at 617.796.1471 for more information.

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Stores participating in the sale of orange "overflow" bags:

Auburndale: Auburndale Market, 345 Auburn St.

Auburndale: CVS, 999 Watertown St.

Auburndale: Star Market/Shaw's, 2040 Commonwealth Ave.

Auburndale: Keyes Drugs, 2090 Commonwealth Ave.

Newton Centre: Whole Foods, 916 Walnut St.

Newton Centre: Walgreen's, 1101 Beacon St.

Newton Centre: Walgreen's, 22-28 Langley Rd.

Newton Corner: Newton Corner Market, 447 Centre St.

Newtonville: Swartz "True Value" Hardware, 353 Watertown St.

Newtonville: Star Market/Shaw's, 33 Austin St.

Newtonville: Tedeschi's, 612 Washington St.

Newtonville: Whole Foods, 747 Washington St.

Newton Upper Falls: Upper Falls Variety, 1195 Chestnut St.

Nonantum:Swartz "True Value" Hardware, 353 Watertown St.

Waban: Waban Market, 10 Windsor Rd.

Watertown: Stop and Shop, 171 Watertown St.

Watertown: Stop and Shop, 700 Pleasant St.

West Newton: CVS, 999 Watertown St.

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Newton City Hall in the spring The Cabot School Mascot in Newtonville Historic Horse watering trough at the corner of Beacon and Centre St in Newton Center, MA The Bell from Newton's first firehouse, now resting peacefully on a small green parcel of land overlooking the Mass Pike at Newton Corner Historic Clock in Nonantum at intersection of Adams St and Watertown St Newton Police Dept Headquarters located on Washington St in West Newton Fountain located on top of West Newton Hill at the intersection of Chestnut and Valentine St Newton Fire Dept Headquarters located on Centre St in Newton Centre Newton City Hall War Memorial Frieze overlooking the War Memorial Rotary Newton City Hall located at 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton Centre, MA on route 30 Customer sevice 617-796-1000