Recyclable Materials Accepted at the Transfer Station

Published September 6, 2011 | Transfer Station / Recycling Center | Automatically Archived on 9/13/2011

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Sudbury Transfer Station, 20 Boston Post Road, Sudbury, MA 01776
Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Material	What to Recycle	How to Recycle	Not acceptable
Newspapers	Newpapers	Must be loose. No bags	No plastic bags.
	including inserts and	or string.
	supplements.
Clean corrugated	Clean corrugated	Boxes must be flattened	No corrugated cardboard that is
cardboard	cardboard, any color.		soiled. No pizza boxes. No boxes
			previously containing food items. No
			paperboard or paperboard boxes. No polystyrene (Styrofoam).*
Mixed paper	Junk mail, mixed	Must be loose.	No newspaper. No heavy coated
including brown	office papers,		containers such as milk cartons or
paper bags	phonebooks,		juice boxes. No pizza boxes. No
	magazines, catalogs,		tissue, napkins, paper cups and
	paper bags, all clean		plates, carton paper, envelopes w/
	paperboard,		foil liners plastic bags or plastic-
	paperboard boxes,		coated paper (e.g. U.S. Postal
	paper egg cartons.		overnight mailers or Fed Ex
			envelopes). No hardcover books.
Clean glass	Clear, green, brown.	Remove lids, corks, caps	NO window glass, pyrex, mirrors,
bottles and jars.		metal or plastic screw tops,	drinking glasses, light bulbs,
		neck rings, metal or plastic	chinaware, or pottery.
		neck labels.	NO returnables in this bin.

Clean plastic	Clean empty plastic	Rinse or clean out	No plastic bags.
containers with	containers and jugs	containers.	No plastic caps or lids.
recycling symbol	all separated by	Flatten milk/water jugs on a	No polystyrene (Styrofoam).*
on bottom inside a triangle of arrows.	recycling symbol	clean surface so dirt does	No plastic sheeting or vinyl. No pesticide bottles
	numbers and	not become embedded.	Caution: motor oil and antifreeze are
Plastics 1-2	deposited in separate	Only well drained motor oil	hazardous materials-do not dispose
also	designated bins.	and antifreeze bottles are	down a drain.
Plastics 3-7	No caps or lids.	accepted.
Clean Scrap Metal and	All metal items: cast	Deposit in large scrap	No oil based paint cans. No
appliances *	iron, light iron, copper,	metal bin.	propane tanks or TV sets.
	brass, lead. (Some		No refrigerators, dehumidifiers or
	appliances with $ fee.)		air conditioners, these are collected
			separately by the monitor.
Tin and steel	Clean food and	Rinse and flatten if	No returnable cans in this bin.
cans, metal jar lids.	beverage cans and	possible. Paper labels are
	empty aerosol cans.	O.K. Deposit in designated
		bin.
Aluminum cans,	Clean aluminum	Deposit with tin and	No returnable cans in this bin.
Foil and lids.	cans, foil, pie plates,	steel cans.
	food containers and	Do NOT put in scrap metal
	trays.	bin.
Deposit bottles	Must have "MA	Rinse and leave at	All other bottles and cans go to
and cans.	deposit" on bottle	designated area.	either glass or tin/steel can bin.
	or can.
Motor Oil	Car motor oil,	Empty into designated	No antifreeze, brake fluid
	Lawnmower oil.	collection tank.	or gasoline. These are hazardous
	Transmission oil,		waste materials and should be
	Hydraulic oil.		saved for periodic Hazardous
			Waste Days.
Batteries	Automotive batteries.	Leave in designated area.	No household, button, dry cell
			or emergency lighting batteries.
			Save these for Hazardous
			Waste Days.
Leaves and	Leaves and Grass	Bring to designated area.	No brush or plastic bags.
Grass clippings	clippings only.	Please dump leaves and
		clippings out of the bags.
Christmas Trees	Bare Christmas Trees	Take to designated area.	No ornaments or other
			items/materials. (Call for available times.)
Tires	Car and Truck tires.	Drop off at designated	No metal wheels-deposit in scrap
		area. There is a $2.00	metal bin.
		fee per tire. See monitor.
Clothing	Wearable used	Put into collection bin.	Only clothing is accepted.
	clothing.
Books	Used books, but no	Leave in small wood	No Condensed Readers Digest
	condensed Readers	building just before the	books or Test Books.
	Digest books, magazines or	entrance into recycling	No phone books – see mixed paper.
	text books.	center.
Put & Take area.	Clean reusable items	Leave in designated area.	No mattresses or boxsprings,
(May thru Oct only).	that are in good		upholstered furniture, TV's or Tires
	working order only.		No Computers, Monitors, Printers.
	No clothes or books.		No propane tanks, sinks, toilets
			rugs, wood, clothes, gas oil or
			other hazardous waste materials.

Styrofoam "peanuts" and "shells" can be recycled at packing companies such as Postal
Annex in Wayland or any Mail Boxes Etc. store. Recycle plastic bags at supermarkets.
Railroad Ties (creosote) not accepted
NOTES:
This is a general guide only. Please follow instructions on signs at Recycling Center.
Hazardous Waste Day is run by the Board of Health. For dates call, 978-443-2209 x1379.

Other specific items that can not be recycled but can be brought to the Transfer Station and deposited
for a fee (fee schedule):
Construction debris		Television Sets
Shingles		Computer Monitors

Recyclable Materials Accepted at the Transfer Station

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