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To reduce trash tonnage in the City of Salem by increasing recycling, diverting reusable items, and motivating city stakeholders through education and information.

From book swaps to repair cafes to textile drives, we're creating spaces that empower our community members to live waste-free lives.

Providing community members with the resources to understand how to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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Upcoming Events

September 18 @ 9:00 am

September 18 Free Book Day

September 25 @ 8:00 am

September 25 E-Waste Collection @SHS

November 20 @ 8:00 am

November 20 Textile & TerraCycle Collection Drive

December 18 @ 8:00 am

December 18 E-Waste Collection @SHS

Click Here for More Information About Each Event

Questions

FOR RECYCLING QUESTIONS

Contact

Micaela Guglielmi at
978-619-5672
mguglielmi@salem.com

Please call Waste Management at 800-972-4545 to

Report if trash/recycling is not picked up
Schedule bulk Item pick up
Schedule a white goods pick up
Schedule a broken bin to be repaired

or click here to use the online chat function

Click here to schedule a curbside clothing and textile pick up with HELPSY

A-Z Recycling Guide

Can I recycle it?

Not sure how to properly dispose of something? Check out our list to find places in Salem where you can recycle, donate, reuse, repair etc.

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A reminder about trash and recycling cart placement: please keep some space between carts and place carts in an open spot away from any cars, poles or trees.

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This week: yard waste collection and E-Waste Day!

Curbside yard waste collection takes place the week of June 21st on your trash day.

Electronic waste will be collected at the Salem State O’Keefe Center parking lot on Canal St on Saturday June 26th from 8-12noon

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We want to know what you think! See how our #ResilientTogether climate action plan will prepare our communities for a resilient future in the face of the climate crisis. Visit http://ResilientTogether.org to read the plan and give feedback!

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Great day! Huge thanks to the many Salem residents who carved out a part of today to assist with the clothing/textile recycling drop off downtown, park+school ground clean ups, community farm work at Mack Park (extra points to the crew spreading manure)+others volunteering today.

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Countdown to SalemRecycles' Free Book Day on Sept.

Countdown to SalemRecycles' Free Book Day on Sept. 18! To join in the re-use fun, email Micaela at mguglielmi@salem.com, and let us know if you're gifting fiction, non-fiction, children's, or magazines. Refresh your bookshelves for fall reading 🤓 📗.

More at GreenSalem.com/event/free-book-day/

It's recycling audit time! Approximately once a ye

It's recycling audit time! Approximately once a year, Waste Management takes samples of our curbside recycling, letting us know how well we're doing, and how much contamination (non-recyclable material) we're placing in our blue bins. Let's put our best carts forward!

With Household Hazardous Waste Day around the corn

With Household Hazardous Waste Day around the corner, here's a reminder on proper paint disposal! Latex, water-based and acrylic paints may be dried out and placed in your household trash. Oil based paints must be disposed of at HHWD -- next one is 8/21

Reminder to follow your municipal recycling guidel

Reminder to follow your municipal recycling guidelines and Recycle Smart MA when deciding whether to recycle something! Items must be larger than a credit card in order to be recycled curbside, so these plastic coffee pods are a NOPE despite what the packaging says.

Thanks to KB for the photo as she gets a jump start on fall flavors 🎃.
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Drop-off composting at Mack Park is easy as 1-2-3!

Drop-off composting at Mack Park is easy as 1-2-3!
1) Collect food scraps at home. We like this low bucket as it doesn't tip in the car. 2) Place a paper bag over your scrap bucket. Flip, and voila! 3) Place your bag of scraps into the Black Earth toter.

Alternatively, you may use a compostable bio-bag instead of paper. These totes are locked; receive the code by registering at Greensalem.com/programs/compost/.
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A reminder about trash and recycling cart placemen

A reminder about trash and recycling cart placement: please keep some space between carts and place carts in an open spot away from any cars, poles or trees.

This week: yard waste collection and E-Waste Day!

This week: yard waste collection and E-Waste Day!

Curbside yard waste collection takes place the week of June 21st on your trash day. Please place brown paper yard waste bags, or uncovered & labeled garbage cans, curbside on your trash day. Include only lawn clippings, leaves, brush, plants, & bundled branches no longer than 4' or wider than 4".

Electronic waste will be collected at the Salem State O’Keefe Center parking lot on Canal St on Saturday June 26th from 8-12noon. Bring anything with a plug!

#yardwaste #ewaste #electronicwaste #yardwastecollection

Do you collect your plastic wraps and films to ret

Do you collect your plastic wraps and films to return to grocery stores? Here’s a guide to what you can collect. Remember, keep this material out of your curbside recycling bin! .
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SalemRecycles committee members (and neighbors) To

SalemRecycles committee members (and neighbors) Tony and Erin share a Black Earth Compost curbside bin. Yes, you can share with a friend, cutting your monthly fee in half.
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At our first springtime Textile & TerraCycle Recyc

At our first springtime Textile & TerraCycle Recycling Drive, we were delighted to have 210 participants! Thanks to our tireless volunteers who helped unload vehicles 💪.

Please continue to collect the TerraCycle items; we'll probably recycle them at textile drives going forward, and we hope to create a permanent drop-off spot, too. Year-round info on diverting textiles is at Greensalem.com/textile-recycling/. Great job, everyone!

Our Textile and Terracycle Recycling event is this

Our Textile and Terracycle Recycling event is this Saturday at Riley Plaza from 8 to 1! Bring all clothing and textiles, even if stained worn or torn, HELPSY will take it all. We also have new collections for terracycle, pictured above. Bring swiffers, razors, oral care, deodorant,and bic stationery to be recycled ♻️.
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Happy Earth Day! Two weeks ago we celebrated an aw

Happy Earth Day! Two weeks ago we celebrated an awesome reuse event, Free Book Day. It was a lovely day, here are some photos shared by some participants 📚

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Free book day is coming up this Saturday, the 10th

Free book day is coming up this Saturday, the 10th! Check greensalem.com to see a list and map of the over 40 houses participating by putting books out for you to take📚

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Are you cleaning up after Easter? Check out these

Are you cleaning up after Easter? Check out these recycling tips!
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