Sustainable Materials Management

Print Feedback

Font Size: + -

Resource Recovery Center Hours:

November 1 – March 31 (Winter hours)
Monday – Friday: 7am – 2:30pm
Saturday: 9am – 1pm
Closed Sundays, holidays, and occasionally due to heavy rain or snow.

The Center will be closed, Thursday, November 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Newton's Swap Shop at Newton's Resource Recovery Center is closed for the season.

Clothing/textile drop-off locations (updated) and curbside collection service.

Read the new Recommendations to Rethink Curbside Collection Services Report.

Click on the Recycle Right Newton tool below or download the app to know what to recycle and where and to receive reminders about your curbside collection schedule.

News & Updates

Fall 2024 Events Edition of our e-newsletter is here! Want to know about collection events, services and more? Subscribe to our Green Cart Chronicle e-newsletter or view our most recent edition to stay up-to-date with Newton's Sustainable Materials Management programs and services.

Check out our educational materials including the Recycle Right flyer - now available in simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Use the Beyond the Bin search tool to find local recycling outlets for difficult to recycle items.

View Newton's Curbside Collection brochure to learn more about how to set out trash and recycling for pick up at the curb.

Did you know that smaller, easier to manage 35-gallon carts are available to residents upon request? Please contact customer service at 617-796-1000 to swap your larger carts for smaller ones. *Note that the option to swap for a smaller cart applies to both trash and recycling or only trash. There cannot be a smaller recycling cart with a larger trash cart.

Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents.
They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below.

Acrobat Reader