Lowell offers weekly single-stream curbside recycling. Paper, cardboard, metal cans, and accepted plastics must be clean and placed in the city recycling bin on collection day.
Lowell operates single-stream recycling collected weekly on the same day as trash. Acceptable materials include mixed paper, flattened cardboard, aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles and jars, and plastic containers labeled #1, #2, and #5. Items must be rinsed and free of food residue. Plastic bags, film, tanglers, electronics, and scrap metal are not accepted at curbside. Massachusetts DEP bans cardboard, clean paper, metal and glass containers, and certain plastics from disposal as trash, making participation effectively mandatory. Contaminated loads can cause the hauler to reject an entire truck, so residents are asked to keep non-recyclables out.
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