Revere, MA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Participation
- Mandatory for all properties, unless exempted
- Bin supplied
- One brown recycling bin per unit
- Method
- Single stream, no plastic bagging
- Contaminated bin
- Not collected at all
- Scavenging
- Prohibited without DPW authorization
Summary
Revere makes curbside recycling mandatory for all properties, requires a city-issued brown bin, and refuses to collect a bin containing non-recyclable or improperly prepared material.
The procedures and requirements for the placement and disposal of recyclable materials is mandatory for all properties in the city unless otherwise specifically exempted by the department of public works. ... The city shall provide one recycling bin, as defined, to every dwelling property containing six residential units or less and receiving municipal trash disposal service; one recycling bin shall be issued per residential unit. ... When materials that do not qualify as recyclable materials, or are not prepared in accordance with this section, are placed in a recycling bin, no curbside collection of the recycling bin will occur.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4804778; v14 updated 2026-05-04).
Full Breakdown
040 makes recycling mandatory for all properties in the city unless the Department of Public Works specifically exempts a property. 010's definitions. Overflow recycling may be placed in a rodent-proof, covered container clearly marked 'Recycling' next to the bin. 040(E). 041 sets preparation rules: newspapers and paper must be bagged in paper (not plastic), boxed, or bundled; glass, plastic containers, and metal and aluminum cans must be rinsed clean with caps, rings and labels removed; cardboard should be flattened into sheets no larger than two-and-a-half by three feet. 'Scavenging,' meaning removing recyclables already set out for collection, is prohibited without DPW authorization.
Violations & Fines
A recycling bin containing disqualifying or improperly prepared material simply will not be picked up, per Section 8.06.040(E); repeated noncompliance is enforced by the Department of Inspectional Services under Section 8.06.070 through the noncriminal disposition process in Chapter 1.12. Unauthorized scavenging of set-out recyclables violates Section 8.06.041(C).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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