OTHER Recyclables
#5 Plastic
The Weavers Way Co-op Environment Committee accepts #5 plastics, which are not included in the City’s recycling program. This category includes yogurt cups, sour cream containers, hummus tubs, some medicine bottles, and more. The collected #5 plastics are sent to Gimme 5, a program recently set up by Recycline - a Massachusetts company that makes the Preserve line of products from 100% recycled materials - to enable people to recycle their Preserve toothbrushes and other #5 plastics.
Collection days for #5 plastics will be on the third Saturday of the month, beginning April 18, 2009, from 10 AM to 1 PM. The collection location will be 542 Carpenter Lane, across the street from Weaver's Way and a bit further down the block from the Big Blue Marble bookstore (has stonework facade & black garage door).
There will be no collection in August 2009. Please check back soon for dates and locations beginning in September 2009.
Before bringing your #5s to the collection, be sure that they meet the requirements for Gimme 5:
- All items must be CLEAN and DRY. If they contained food or any oily or dirty product, make sure they have been washed, not just rinsed. Items stacked when wet tend to stay wet, so allow washed items to dry fully before stacking or packing.
- The #5 stamp needs to be visible on each item. Lids are separate items. Don’t assume lids are the same number plastic as the container; sometimes they are but usually they are not. Check to make sure there are no other materials (labels, paper, other number plastics, metal) on the items you bring in.
- Brita filters are also welcome!Let them air dry for several days to make sure they are completely dry.
A small donation (75 cents suggested) is requested with each drop-ff to help cover the cost of shipping to a processing center in New York state.
Once a month, April through November, the City hosts a household hazardous waste and electronic waste drop-off day at locations throughout the city. Residents may drop off items for safe disposal and recycling. Accepted items include:
- Paint and paint-related materials
- Lawn and garden products and outdoor products
- Kitchen and bathroom products and cleaning solvents
- Automotive products
- Flammable materials
- Rechargable, electronics and button cell batteries
- Electronics, computer and TV waste
Visit the Streets Department's Household Hazardous Waste website for more information, or check out this handy guide developed by GRID Magazine for 2010 Household Hazardous Waste events in and around the city.
Computer electronics and televisions are accepted for recycling at all household hazardous waste events. Year-round, residents my also bring their computers and television for recycling to the following two locations:
Northeast Drop-off Center
State Road & Ashburner Street
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Northwest Drop-Off Center
Domino Lane & Umbria Street
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Click here to view the map.
Cell Phone Recycling
The Bikram Yoga studio on the 1500 block of Sansom Street collects old cell phones.