Take your Blue Bin, paper and cardboard out to the curb before 7 am on your recycling day, or put out the night before after 5 pm. The items listed below will be collected and recycled.

The following is the list of acceptable marterials for curbside collection. Please follow the directions to avoid contamination.

Paper
Place in paper bag next to blue bin.

• Newspaper (with inserts)
• Magazines/ Catalogues
• Junk mail (remove free samples)
• White & colored paper/brown bags
• Telephone books/paperback books
• Flattened binboard (e.g. cereal boxes)
• Milk cartons - flattened
• Flattened corrugated cardboard (3' x 3' or less, place under or next to Blue Bin)
  
  No soiled paper or cardboard
  Please do not put paper in plastic bags
  No pizza boxes.

Containers
Rinse and place inside blue bin.

• Glass bottles/ jars. Labels may stay No broken glass or light bulbs, dishes, glasses, Pyrex, window or auto glass.
• Tin & aluminum food and soda cans, aluminum foil, pie plates, jar lids-Remove lids. Labels may stay.
• All plastic containers - Caps & lid may stay. No motor oil or chemical containers
• Juice & soy milk boxes
  
  No plastic bags

Lookup Schedule

Holiday Collection Schedule

Collection Delays:
If your trash collection is delayed one day, your recycling will also be delayed one day. See the holiday collection schedule for the City of Boston.

If your Blue Bin wasn't picked up:
Call the Sanitation Division at 617-635-7575, Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 3 pm. Or call 617-635-4959, 3 to 5 pm.

If you live in a residence with 6 or less units you may request a blue bin by emailing: pwdrecbinreq@cityofboston.gov

Blue Bin Wrong Size?
Use any plastic bin similar in size or smaller.
For a free recycling sticker to identify bin, call 617-635-4959.

If you move:
Please leave your Blue Bin behind for the next resident.