Hot off the press —
We have Earth Machine compost bins for sale at half price! We're selling these terrific bins for $25.00. Come to the Recycling Shed at the Elementary School during the trash bag distribution period (see the pick-up schedule here) and get one of these terrific compost bins.
Alert —
Home Depot no longer accepts fluorescent-tube bulbs, only compact bulbs. Hadley Lowe's accepts fluorescent tube lights up to 6' in length.
Mattresses & box springs
Landfills and incinerators in Massachusetts do not accept mattresses and box springs. Shutesbury residents will no longer be able to take these items to the Leverett Transfer Station.
Shutesbury residents can drop off all types of mattresses and box springs at the Wendell Transfer Station at 314 New Salem Road in Wendell for $35 per item. The station is open Tuesdays 12:00 to 6:00 and Saturdays 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. If you have questions, call Ray Stone, the Wendell Transfer Station Supervisor, at 1-978-544-7287.
Many thanks to the good folks at the Franklin County Solid Waste Management District for setting this recycling program up and allowing Shutesbury residents to participate!
Textile Collection As of November 2022, all textiles are banned from trash disposal sites in Massachusetts, so these items need to be recycled. Shutesbury is partnering with CMRK, a company that collects textiles andd other items at no cost — and will pay Shutesbury $0.07 per pound for these items. You will see the big blue textile collection bin on the road that will be the entrance to the new library on Leverett Road.
This arrangement with CMRK will help us keep textiles and other items out of the waste stream, help us pass on things we no longer need, and even make a few dollars for our town.
Lists of acceptable and non-acceptable textile items can be found here.
Starting on July 1st, trash and recycling will be picked up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Click here for the list of streets being picked up on each day. Click here for Tuesday's collection schedule. Click here for Wednesday's collection schedule.
Alert — Fluorescent bulbs will no longer be collected in Town Hall. Thermometers, thermostats, rechargeable batteries of all sizes, button batteries, and ballasts are still being collected at Town Hall. Receptacles are downstairs in the hallway across from the stairway. (Lowe's recycles compacts bulbs and tubes up to 6' long; Home Depot recycles only compact bulbs, no tubes).
What REALLY happens to your recycling? Take a look behind the (recycling) curtain at Recycle Smart.
Check out Recycle Smart's monthly newsletter for answers to the top recycling questions of 2021!
How much stuff do Americans throw away? Check out U.S.PIRG's look at trends in waste over the past three years — and click on the arrows for full effect of the dynamic graphics!
Want to reduce your stash of paper grocery bags? Take them to the Library so they can be re-used in curbside pickup!
Recycling and trash figures for calendar year 2022
(January through December 2022)
Shutesbury residents collected 178.48 tons of recyclable materials in 2022— 83.59 tons of bottles & containers and 94.89 tons of paper.
Shutesbury residents discarded330.71 tons of trash in 2022.
Recycled materials as percent of total waste stream = 35.05% (a decrease of 1.27% over 2021).
By recycling those 178.48 tons of material, Shutesbury residents saved the Town $15,442.00 —money we didn't have to spend in trash disposal fees in 2022!
As of November 2022, all textiles are banned from trash disposal sites in Massachusetts, so these items need to be recycled. Shutesbury is partnering with CMRK, a company that collects textiles andd other items at no cost — and will pay Shutesbury $0.07 per pound for these items. You will see the big blue textile collection bin on the road that will be the entrance to the new library on Leverett Road.
Want to reduce your stash of paper grocery bags?
Recycling & Trash