DID YOU KNOW…

· Recycling is mandatory per state law

· It cost the Town more than $2.per bag to dispose of your rubbish.

· Recycling doesn’t cost the Town anything, in fact we get a few $’s.

· Recycling 40 cans saves the equivalent of one gallon in gasoline.

· almost any paper product, except for tissue paper, paper plates, towels and cups, and food-soiled paper can be recycled. Residents can recycle magazines, catalogs, mail (even with window envelopes), shredded paper, phone books, flat and corrugated cardboard, even spiral-bound, paper clipped or stapled reports. “Materials recovery facilities have the technology to sort and remove all the staples and paper clips, making it easy and convenient for us to recycle,

· MassDEP estimates that 20 percent of the trash that is thrown away in Massachusetts is paper that could be recycled. Weighing in at 1.5 million tons, the amount of paper could fill all of Fenway Park and reach as high as the Prudential Center.

· If you recycle, Thank you. If you don’t, why not??????

The Town of Phillipston has Single Stream Recycling, and yes it does get recycled. Acceptable items taken at no cost include: paper as previously mentioned including shredded paper if contained properly, corrugated cardboard, paperboard; if it tears it’s recyclable. Clean Plastics numbered 1-7, Tin, Steel, Aluminum food containers & lids, material made of aluminum, all glass drinking bottles & jars, plastic bags when contained in a bigger plastic bag. Non-acceptable items include: No frozen food boxes, coffee cups, paper plates/cups, waxed cardboard, plastic-coated paper. No oil contaminated containers. No Styrofoam. No cookware, dishes, drinking glass, ceramics, mirror glass, automobile glass, light bulbs.

Phillipston Transfer Station

Effective April 1, 2008

Telephone: 978-249-9747, Manager Ed Conrad

Stickers for Trash bags are $2.00 per bag, Bags over 39 gallons need 2 stickers.

Recycle for free – paper, plastics, tin, steel, aluminum, glass, all in one container.

Items NOT accepted at any time: No furniture or Mattresses, No automotive parts or Automotive Batteries, No yard waste – leaves, brush, grass clippings, ets.

Fees for other recyclable materials: Pay to Town Clerk at the Town Hall

White Goods:

Refrigerators & freezers

(doors removed) $25.00

Air Conditioners $20.00

Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers,

Stoves, Ranges $15.00

Hot water heaters $15.00

Lawn mowers, snow blowers, etc

(oil & gas removed) $15.00

Florescent Bulbs 4 foot $1.00

8 foot $2.00

CRT’s & other Electronics:

Small Tv’s up to 36” $15.00

Console Tv’s over 36” $20.00

Large Projection etc $25.00

Microwave ovens $10.00

Computer Monitor $15.00

Computer $15.00

Keyboards $ 2.00

Printers/ faxes/ VCR’s/ CD Players/

Small Appliances $ 5.00

Auto Tires $ 5.00

Truck Tires up to 19” $ 7.00