Brockton, MA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- City Code §§ 8-3.2(b), 8-3.4
- Collection frequency
- Biweekly, year round
- Container requirement
- City-provided or approved, properly identified
- Early/late set-out fine
- $25 early; $100-$300 late
Summary
Brockton requires recyclables to go out in a city-approved, properly identified recycling container, collected every other week year round. The city or its agent runs the biweekly route citywide, separate from the weekly solid-waste pickup.
(b)For collection by the City of Brockton or its contractor, recyclables shall be placed in a city provided or approved recycling container properly identified.
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Sec. 8-3.4. - Collection intervals. The City of Brockton or its agent shall be responsible for the collection of recyclables on a bi-weekly (every other week) basis year round.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 28).
Full Breakdown
2(a). 4 sets the collection frequency: the City of Brockton or its agent is responsible for collecting recyclables on a biweekly (every other week) basis year round, a schedule that runs continuously regardless of season, unlike yard waste collection which shifts between weekly and biweekly by date range. 3. on collection day, and the city's contractor is not required to collect recyclables placed in noncompliant containers or set out at the wrong time. 1(e); this section governs how and when the material must be presented for pickup rather than what qualifies as recyclable.
Violations & Fines
Recyclables set out before 5:00 p.m. the day before collection draw a $25 fine under § 8-3.6; recyclables left at the curb past the regular collection day draw a $100 fine for a first violation in a calendar year and $300 for each subsequent violation, with each day treated as a separate offense. Five violations in a calendar year can result in a chronic-abuser designation and revocation of trash collection service.
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