Recycling Calendar

Salem recycles paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, metal food cans, plastic bottles and jars, and paper milk & juice cartons and drink boxes curbside. Recycling bins are collected every week on the same day as your trash collection. Place bins at curb before 7 AM.

Whenever a scheduled collection day falls on a Holiday, that day's collection and all remaining collections for the week will be delayed one day. Friday's collection will be on Saturday.

Citywide curbside leaf collection weeks are shown on this calendar with a leaf icon Yard waste can also be dropped off, free of charge to Salem residents, at the Transfer Station on Swampscott Road, M-F 8am - 3 pm. Citywide curbside Christmas Tree Collection will take place on the week highlighted with a Tree icon

For additional recycling information, visit the City of Salem web site Trash & Recyling pages at
www.salem.com/Pages/SalemMA_Recycling/index
and download Current Recycling Flyer www.salem.com/Pages/SalemMA_Recycling/trashcontractflyer.pdf

Contact Information:

Recycling Bins

Regular size recycling bins are available for $6.00 each at Crosby's Market, 125 Canal St., at Winer Brothers Hardware, 86 Lafayette St., or the Department of Public Services, 5 Jefferson Avenue. For more information please call 978-744-3302.

The City of Salem also sells a 95-gallon toter for your recycling needs. They are $80.00 each (payable by check only). Please call 978-744-3302.

Appliances

Salem residents may purchase stickers for curbside collection of computer monitors, TVs, light ballasts and freon-based appliances such as air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and refrigerators. Stickers cost $20 per item (checks only) and are available at the Department of Public Services garage, 5 Jefferson Ave. Items will be collected on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. For more information, call (978) 744-3302.

Yard waste pickups on regular trash day