Curbside Recycling

Recycling is collected on your Carney Disposal route, weekly in most towns and every other week in a few. Here is what goes in the tote and what ruins a load.

Carney Disposal trash truck servicing a neighborhood route

Your Recycling Tote

Your blue tote, or the one marked Recycling, is where recyclables go. Do not bag them. Put items in loose.

What Goes In

Loose in the tote, never in bags.

  • Metal food and beverage cans, aluminum and steel. Empty and rinse.
  • Plastic bottles, jars, jugs and tubs. Empty, cap back on.
  • Glass bottles and jars. Empty and rinse.
  • Cardboard and paper. Empty and flatten.
  • Aluminum foil and foil trays. Clean, balled up.
  • Paper cups. Added statewide in 2026. Lids and straws are still trash.

That is the whole list. Massachusetts curbside recycling takes rigid containers, paper and cardboard. Nothing else.

Aluminum cans accepted for curbside recyclingPlastic and glass bottles accepted for curbside recyclingPaper accepted for curbside recyclingCardboard accepted for curbside recycling
Items prohibited from Carney Disposal totes: tires, hazardous chemicals, propane tanks, batteries, electronics and appliances

Prohibited Items

Never bag your recycling. These are what contaminate a load.

Keep out of the tote
  • Plastic bags, plastic wrap and film
  • Bagged recycling of any kind
  • Food and liquid. Empty every container.
  • Clothing, shoes, linens and textiles
  • Tanglers: hoses, cords, wires, chains, rope, holiday lights
  • Foam cups, trays and packing peanuts
  • Drinking glasses, dishes, ceramics, mirrors, window glass and light bulbs
  • Scrap metal, pots and pans, wire coat hangers
  • Diapers, tissues, paper towels and napkins
  • Milk, juice and other drink cartons. No Massachusetts facility takes them.
  • Plastic cups, clamshells and takeout containers
  • Shredded paper
  • Plant pots and seedling trays
  • Frozen food boxes and other paper with a plastic coating
Prohibited by law
  • Tires
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Pressurized containers and propane tanks
  • Fluorescent bulbs
  • Asbestos
  • Biomedical waste, needles and sharps
  • Liquids
  • Building waste
  • Electronic devices
  • Batteries of any kind, and any device holding one
  • Appliances

Not sure which tote something belongs in? See the full trash and recycling tote guide.

Where does that stuff go?

Paint, chemicals, motor oil, antifreeze, propane tanks, fluorescent bulbs and batteries all go to a town collection day or a drop off facility. No battery belongs in your trash, alkaline included. We keep a calendar of the collection days across the towns we serve, with what each one takes and what to bring.

See the hazardous waste collection calendar
Carney Disposal crew collecting residential trash
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