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Why is recycling every other week in my town?

Recycling is weekly in most of our towns. It runs every other week in Hull, Cohasset, Scituate, Humarock, Hingham, Norwell, Marshfield and Rockland, and for in-driveway customers everywhere unless they pay to upgrade to weekly.

Recycling is weekly in most of the towns we serve. It runs every other week in:

  • Hull
  • Cohasset
  • Scituate
  • Humarock
  • Hingham
  • Norwell
  • Marshfield
  • Rockland

Separately, every in-driveway customer is on every-other-week recycling, wherever they live, unless they pay to upgrade to weekly. Call 508-822-2208 for that rate.

Why it varies. Recycling is bulky but light. A 96-gallon tote holds two weeks of a normal household's cardboard, cans, bottles and paper without trouble, and running a second truck down the same street every week to collect a half-full tote costs real money that ends up on somebody's bill. Trash is different. Trash is heavy and it smells, so it goes weekly everywhere.

If you are consistently overflowing before your recycling week comes round:

  • Flatten the cardboard. This is the single biggest one. Broken-down boxes take a fraction of the space.
  • Add a second recycling tote, that is $10 a month, or move up to a 96-gallon if you are on a 64.

Not sure which week is yours? You can check it in the portal.

Still not sure? Call the office.

We answer the phone Monday to Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If your question is about your own address, a call is always faster than a form.

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