REVERE RECYCLING INFORMATION

Our curbside recycling program is designed to preserve our natural resources and help lower our cost of trash disposal. Capitol Waste Services is pleased to assist Mayor Thomas G. Ambrosino in his continuing efforts to increase recycling in the City.

Please refer to this page regarding your Recycling Collection Schedule.
Capitol Waste Services of Revere may be contacted at 617-569-1718.

(Red Bin Weeks Are Designated by the Red across the Dates; Unmarked weeks are Green Bin Weeks)

January

February

March

7: 15: 23: 30:

5: 13: 21: 28:

7: 15: 23: 29:

April

May

June

6: 14: 21: 28:

6: 13: 20: 27:

4: 12: 19: 26:

July

August

September

4: 11: 18: 25:

3: 9: 16: 24:

1: 8: 15: 23: 30:

October

November

December

7: 14: 22: 30:

6: 13: 21: 28:

5: 13: 21: 27:

The following items are accepted ONLY at the City Yard, 321R Charger Street, on the last Saturday of the month from 7:00 A.M. until 12:00 Noon, upon payment of a designated fee.

MISCELLANEOUS
(No Charge)
Waste Oil, Batteries & Anti-Freeze, Florescent Light Bulbs, Nickel Cad Batteries, Mercury Thermometers & Thermostats

BULKY ITEMS - CURBSIDE PICKUP
Refers to but not limited to: tables, chairs, sofas, love seats, bureaus, shelving, coffee tables, end tables, entertainment centers, mirrors, beds, box springs, mattresses, bicycles, lawn furniture, gas grills, microwave ovens. Limit of 3 items per month. Residents MUST PURCHASE A STICKER at the Board of Health for each item. CASH is NOT Accepted. Stickers range in price from $3 to $15 depending on the item.

NON-CRIMINAL FINES FOR TRASH
The City will issue tickets and fines for violations of the State Sanitary Code and the City Health Code. This includes violations of the trash ordinances. Fines range from $25 to $250 per offense and each day that a violation exists is considered a separate offense. Unpaid fines will be enforced by a means of a lien on real property. Violations of the City's trash laws include:

1. Trash placed outside before 5 PM on the day preceding collection (on holiday weeks, fines will be issued if trash is placed out before 5 PM of the day preceding the actual collection day)

CO-MINGLED ITEMS
Please rinse and keep together-separate from paper. All glass bottles & jars, aluminum, tin, steel cans and lids. All plastic bottles, jars, tubs and plastic microwave trays/containers. Caps, lids, pumps, wraps, labels and detergent spouts may be left on.

NON-RECYCLED ITEMS:
Pyrex, windows, light bulbs and ceramics, paint or aerosol cans or other metal items, plastic bags, plastic toys, automotive products containers, poison or pesticide bottles, motor oil, chemical or foam containers.

MIXED PAPER and CARDBOARD
Please keep materials together and separate from co-mingled items. All paper and cardboard must be clean and dry. Flatten all cardboard, cereal and snack boxes after removing plastic-coated liners. You can also recycle newspaper, white paper, colored paper, glossy newspaper inserts, brochures, junk mail, manila envelopes, phonebooks, envelopes (with or without windows), and brown paper bags.
DO NOT RECYCLE: Plastic-coated paper or tissue, pizza boxes.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
YARD WASTE: Leaves, grass and other easily raked material will be picked up every other week on your regular trash day. Brush can be no longer than 3 inches in diameter and 4 feet long. All materials must be in brown paper leaf bags or open barrels.
Collection Weeks in 2010 will begin the week of April 12, 2010 and will be every other week after that until the 2nd week of December.

CHRISTMAS TREES:
Christmas trees (no yard waste) will be picked up during the first two (2) full weeks in January.

APPLIANCE PICK UP:
Capitol Waste Services of Revere will pick up discarded white goods at curbside every other Friday. Pickups are by appointment only. Residents must purchase a sticker at the Department of Public Works or the Revere Board of Health for each item. Stickers are $20 each, $12 for head of household seniors as defined by the Department of Elder Affairs.