Materials Accepted at the Recycling Depot
Rumford Ave Resource Recovery Center
Schedule and Directions
Materials |
How to Prepare |
Not Accepted |
Appliances and Freon Items
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washers, dryers, water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, A/Cs |
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• Accept used motor oil and antifreeze • Also accept used oil filters (transmission and diesel) |
Newton residents only; no business or commercial accepted. No five gallon containers accepted |
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• Rechargeable batteries • Button cell batteries (from watches, hearing aids, calculators, etc) • Nickel Cadmium, Lead Acid, and other non-alkaline batteries |
No alkaline batteries made after 1994 – these do not contain mercury and are safe to dispose of with regular trash |
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ALERT:Temporarily closed will re-open soon. To donate books, visit our Recyclopedia. |
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Cardboard |
• Corrugated Cardboard Boxes – do not need to be flattened, there is a compactor at the Recycling Depot |
• No soiled pizza boxes • No plastic bags • No foam packaging |
Cell Phones
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• Also accept chargers • Are donated to a charitable organization for recycling or refurbishing • Also accepted at Customer Service Center in City Hall |
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Clothing |
• Clean, useable clothing to be donated to charitable organizations |
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ALERT: These items are now only accepted curbside. Please click here to schedule a special collection. ($12/stop) |
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Containers |
• Glass containers (clear, green, and brown) • All Stiff Plastic Containers (#1-#7) • Metal Cans and Foil (aluminum and steel cans, empty aerosol cans, and aluminum foil and trays) · Please rinse out containers |
• No food waste • No Plastic bags • No styrofoam, even if it has a #6 |
Electronics
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ALERT: These items are now only accepted curbside. Please click here to schedule a special collection. Scrap electronics, such as printers, fax machines, toaster ovens, coffee makers, stereos, fans, etc. • Consider donating working electronics, see donation list. |
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• If possible, bring in original packaging • Accept all types of fluorescent bulbs |
• Do not tape together • Do not crush bulbs |
Lawn
Mowers |
• Remove gas tank |
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Mercury-containing devices
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• Thermometers, thermostats, mercury switches, elemental mercury, and flowmeters • Do not throw away with trash, mercury is a hazardous material and must be disposed of properly |
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Latex paint is NOT accepted at Hazardous Waste collections. |
• For Paint Exchange • Accept good, reusable latex and oil paint and paint products • Cans must be at least half full, useable, and less than 3 years old |
• No paint older than 3 years • Small amounts of paint can be dried out and safely disposed of with trash, please remove lids (can use kitty litter/sand to expedite the process) |
Paper |
• Clean, white office paper • Mixed Paper – junk mail, newspaper, magazines, computer paper, paperboard (cereal, cracker, and shoe boxes, etc .- remove liners), folders, notebooks, phone books, etc. Plastic windows, staples, and paper clips are acceptable. • Milk and juice carton and aseptic packaging, please rinse and flatten |
• No paper plates, no paper cups, no tissue paper, no wax paper, and no plastic bags • No soiled paper |
Printer
Cartridges  |
• Laser and inkjet cartridges • Also accepted at Customer Service Center at City Hall |
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Must be emptied Will also accept EMPTY Helium tanks and fire extinguishers. |
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Scrap Metal |
Metal desks, file cabinets, wire hangers, bikes, other metal pieces |
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For a limited time, we will accept clean, white Styrofoam
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No colored styrofoam
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Residents only |
