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 bars disposal of designated recyclables — recyclable paper, glass and metal containers, single-resin plastics, and leaf and yard waste — at any Massachusetts solid waste facility. Towns including Danvers enforce this at the curb: trash containing recyclables is left uncollected. Commercial generators of more than one-half ton of food and vegetative material per week are also banned from disposing of it and must divert it.
Danvers and other towns skip trash that contains recyclables. Businesses disposing of banned materials or over-threshold food waste face MassDEP waste-ban penalties.
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Essex County, MA
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Essex County, MA
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Essex County, MA
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Essex County, MA
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Essex County, MA
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Essex County, MA
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