4 rules for unincorporated Essex County, Massachusetts.
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Essex County communities run curbside trash and recycling on fixed weekly routes. Carts and barrels must be out by 7 a.m. on collection day, and missed pickups follow the town's set-out rules, not the driver's usual arrival time.
Trash and recycling containers go to the curb no earlier than the evening before collection. Beverly sets an 18-hour window, and Essex towns require containers back off the sidewalk the day of pickup so they do not block the public way.
Bulky items need a scheduled pickup, and several are banned from the trash entirely. Under Massachusetts waste-ban rules, mattresses and textiles cannot be disposed of, so Essex County towns route them to recycling for a per-item fee.
310 CMR 19.017
No person shall dispose, transfer for disposal, or contract for disposal or transport of the restricted material, except in accordance with the restriction established in 310 CMR 19.017(3): Table.
Recycling is mandatory across Essex County because state law bans recyclables from the trash. Paper, glass, metal, and plastic containers cannot be landfilled or incinerated, so they must be separated for curbside single-stream collection.
310 CMR 19.017
No person shall dispose, transfer for disposal, or contract for disposal or transport of the restricted material, except in accordance with the restriction established in 310 CMR 19.017(3): Table.
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