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Trash should be put in sealed plastic bags on the sidewalk early in the morning (or after 5 PM the night before).

Trash Barrels should be covered, and the trash that is put in them should be in sealed plastic bags.  If you store trash barrels outdoors, they must be tightly covered.

Recycling Use blue plastic bins or a cardboard carton for glass and plastic bottles, tin cans, and milk cartons and cereal boxes.

Cardboard should be placed UNDER the blue bin, not in it. Newspapers and magazines go BESIDE the blue bin in brown PAPER bags with the plastic removed.

Unwanted TV sets and computers should not be left out with regular trash.  Call 
Public Works Department 617-635-7574 to arrange for pickup.

Blue bins are available from the City - just call 617-635-4959. They deliver too.

Sidewalk cleaning is your responsibility, not the City's. Homeowners are required to keep the sidewalk clean and free of trash (and snow in winter). 

 
Please click here for more Trash Tips:
 
Official City Trash Instructions
 
Special Collections:
Yard Waste: (eg: leaves. Use paper bags or open barrels.)
First 4 Saturdays in May
Last Saturday in October
First 3 Saturdays in November


Christmas Trees:

On all regular trash pick up days during the first two FULL weeks of January.