Townsend Recycling Center, 33 Greenville road

OPEN 1ST AND 3RD SATURDAYS from 8:30 to 4:00 *

Important information UPDATED JANUARY 2011

 


 

FREE:Books and Yard Brush

 

NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS

Devens Recycling Center,

45 Independence Drive, Devens MA 01434

978.772.2197 Monday-Friday7:00am - 5:00pm

 

CLOTHING CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE TOWNSEND

ECUMENICAL OUTREACH (TEO) at 82 Bayberry Hill Road

Tuesday mornings 10-11:30 a.m.

Wednesday evenings 7-9 p.m.

Saturday mornings 9 to12 noon.

 

Household Hazardous Waste & Bulky Recycling:

Register & more info: www.MassToss.com or 978-660-6130

 

Prescription Medicines/Syringes: DO NOT PUT DOWN THE DRAIN or in recycling. Get a medical container; call the Board of Health 978- 597-1713.

 

Latex paint: (water clean up) can be dried out and thrown out.

Oil based paint take to hazardous waste collection.

 

Wood and too-good-to-trash items: give away, list on GrotonFreeStuff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GrotonFreeStuff/

Waste Oil?Drop-off is the first Saturday of the month 8am - noon at the Highway Dept, 177 Main Street. On holiday weekends, drop-off will be the following weekend. Oil must be in 1-gallon containers when dropping off.

More questions

Townsend Board of Health 978-597-1713 Townsend Recycling Center 978-597-1716

 

Special pickup G.W. Shaws 800-649-7419 or 352-5230

 

FREE RECYCLING STICKERS to put on receptacles if you don't have a bin at the Town Hall or Recycling Center.

 

COMPOST BINS available for $30 at Apple Meadow Hardware and the Recycling Center

 

* Center opens the following Saturday on these holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas


Fees for items accepted at the Townsend Recycling Center January 2011:

Appliances

$15.00

Armchair, recliner

$5.00

BBQ Grills and Bikes

$5.00

Automobile Batteries

$5.00

Ballasts

$0.50

Box Spring, any size

$10.00

Bulky, small

$10.00

Bulky, med.

$15.00

Bulky, large

$20.00

Bulky, extra large

$25.00

Carpet up to 20x20

$10.00

Carpet over 20x20

$20.00

CFC, small (dehumidifier)

$10.00

CFC, (refrigerator, freezer, AC), CRT (TV/ Monitor)

$15.00

Electronics Non CRT (VCR, Stereo, etc.)

$1.00

Fluorescent Bulb, under 48 inches

$0.50

Fluorescent Bulb, over 48 inches

$1.00

Loveseat

$15.00

Mattress, Single

$10.00

Mattress, Double

$15.00

Mattress, King or Queen

$20.00

Metal Scrap, small

$10.00

Metal Scrap, med.

$15.00

Metal Scrap, large

$20.00

Metal Scrap, extra large

$25.00

Microwave

$10.00

Propane Tank, <20#

$1.00

Propane Tank, 20#

$5.00

Propane Tank, 30#

$30.00

Propane Tank, 35# or larger

$35.00

Sleeper Sofa

$25.00

Sofa

$20.00

Televisions Small $10, Console $20, Projection $30

$10-30

Tires up to 16 1/2 inches or 3 for $10

$5.00ea

Tires over 16 1/2 inch

$15.00

Tires, loader size

$50.00

 

DIRECTIONS: Starting from the center of Townsend, take Rt. 119 West (Main Street) approximately 2 miles to West Townsend. Take a right onto Canal Street. Canal Street turns into Mason Road. At the fork in the road, bear left, Recycling Center is .4 miles on the right.