Transfer Station

All Textiles, soiled or not shall be disposed of in the bins located just after the recycling building. DEP has banned all textiles from being disposed of in your household trash.

Spring Hazardous Waste Days are here, see attached link for dates & locations: https://www.scituatema.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif11836/f/pages/hhw_flyer_3-24_spring.pdf

Confused about which plastics are recyclable. Please watch the attached video link. This may help clear up a lot of plastic recycling confusion, which is making valuable plastic containers and other recyclables more difficult to cleanly sort out. 

https://youtu.be/fnDpvv1MRvE

CARDBOARD 

Corrugated Cardboard boxes will be recycled separately. Boxes should be flattened and all packing materials from within shall be removed. (Styrofoam, Peanuts, Air pillows). All other paper products including junk mail, newspaper, magazines and cereal boxes shall be recycled in Bins #1 & #4. Corrugated Cardboard ONLY shall be placed in Bin #3. Packing materials should be disposed of with your household trash. 2020 Study says Pizza boxes without food and/or wax paper are ok to recycle.

Is it Trash or Recycle???

If you're unsure whether the material belongs in the recycling bin or the trash, the Department of Environmental Protection has created "Recyclopedia" to help answer your questions. This interactive website allows you to enter a product into the search bar and it will advise you as to where to place the item, Recycle or Trash.

The link to Recyclopedia is:  https://recyclesmartma.org/results-materials

The Transfer Station is operated as a "Pay-As-You-Throw" and a Recycle facility. Household waste ("garbage") will be accepted only in Pay-As-You-Throw trash bags which can be purchased at the Transfer Station or several local retail stores. These "Blue Bags" cost $20.00 for a package of ten 30-gallon bags or $10.00 for a package of ten 15-gallon bags.

Retailers selling Pay-as-You-Throw trash bags include Scituate Pharmacy, Sand Hills General Store, Hennessy News and the Village Market in the Harbor. Shaws in Cohasset and Roche Brothers in Marshfield also sell Blue Bags.