Services are restricted to residents of Cambridge only.
Tuesday and Thursday 4pm to 7:30pm, Saturday 9am to 4pm
www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/PublicWorks(617) 349-4800
147 Hampshire St
Cambridge, MA 02139
The Center is open to Cambridge residents only and small businesses and non-profit organizations in Cambridge with 50 employees or less. Use of the Center is free of charge.
Please call or visit website for more information.
| Material | Residential | Business | Note |
| #1 Plastic Beverage Bottles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #1 Rigid Plastics | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #2 Plastic Bags | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #2 Plastic Jugs - Clear | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #2 Plastic Jugs - Colored | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #2 Rigid Plastics | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #3 Plastic Bottles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #4 Plastic Bags | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #4 Plastic Bottles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #4 Rigid Plastics | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #5 Plastic Bottles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #5 Rigid Plastics | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #6 Plastic Bottles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #6 Plastic Peanuts | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #7 Plastic Bottles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| #7 Rigid Plastics | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Aerosol Cans - Empty | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please empty containers. |
| Aluminum Beverage Cans | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please empty containers. |
| Aluminum Foil | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Aluminum Food Cans | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Audio Equipment | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Auto Bodies | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Auto Parts | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Bicycles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Blue Glass Beverage Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Blue Glass Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Booklets | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Brown Glass Beverage Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please empty containers. |
| Brown Glass Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Button Cell Batteries | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please no alkaline batteries. |
| Cables | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Cardstock | dropoff |
dropoff |
This site accepts paper with paper clips, staples, and plastic windows. |
| Catalogs | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Cell Phone Accessories | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Cell Phones | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| CFLs | dropoff |
dropoff |
Pack lamps in the original packaging if possible. Do not break the bulbs or tape them together. If the lamps accidentally break, sweep up the broken glass and powder and store it in a sealed container. Lamps are taken to Superior Services in Stoughton which provides complete recycling. Please call with additional questions. This site does not accept fixtures, non-fluorescent bulbs, or ballasts. |
| Chipboard | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Christmas Trees | dropoff |
dropoff |
Residents can bring bare trees to the Recycling Center during open hours from December 28, 2012 to January 26, 2013. Please remove all decorations, tinsel, metal, tree stand, tree bag, and any other foreign materials before recycling. |
| Clear Glass Beverage Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please empty containers. |
| Clear Glass Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Computer Peripherals - External | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Corrugated Cardboard | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please flatten cardboard boxes. |
| Desktop Computers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Digital Cameras | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Ferrous Metals | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Fluorescent Tubes | dropoff |
dropoff |
Pack lamps in the original packaging if possible. Do not break the bulbs or tape them together. If the lamps accidentally break, sweep up the broken glass and powder and store it in a sealed container. Lamps are taken to Superior Services in Stoughton which provides complete recycling. Please call with additional questions. This site does not accept fixtures, non-fluorescent bulbs, or ballasts. |
| Game Consoles | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Gift Boxes | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| GPS Systems | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Green Glass Beverage Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please empty containers. |
| Green Glass Containers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Greeting Cards | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Home Electronics | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Inkjet Cartridges | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Items Containing Mercury | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Laptop Computers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Lithium-ion Batteries | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Magazines | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Mercury Thermostats | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Metal Clothes Hangers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Metal Paint Cans | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Metal Tags | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Microwaves | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Mixed Paper | dropoff |
dropoff |
This site accepts paper with paper clips, staples, and plastic windows. |
| Motor Oil | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| MP3 Players | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Newspaper | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Nickel-cadmium Batteries | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Nonferrous Metals | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Office Machines | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Office Paper | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Organic Food Waste | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please only food scraps. No liquids, grease or yard waste. |
| Paper Bags | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Paper Labels | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Paper Shredders | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Paper Sleeves | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Paper Tubes | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Paperboard | dropoff |
dropoff |
Paperboard with plastic windows are acceptable. |
| Phone Books | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Pipe | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Printers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Receivers | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Scrap Metal | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Shredded Paper | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Small Appliances | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please no televisions or computer monitors. |
| Steel Cans | dropoff |
dropoff |
Please empty containers. |
| Steel Lids | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Tablets | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Telephones | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Two-Way Radios | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| Vacuum Cleaners | dropoff |
dropoff |
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| VCRs | dropoff |
dropoff |
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