Week of July 4th Trash and Recycling Schedule

The DPW Operations Facility and Recycling Center at 72 Tremont Street will be open Monday, July 2nd, Tuesday, July 3rd, Thursday July 5th,and Friday, July 6th – regular hours from 7:30 am to 3pm. The Operations Facility and Recycle Center will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. The Recycling Center will also be open Saturday, July 7th  from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
 
On Monday, July 2 and Tuesday, July 3 there will be regular curbside trash and recycling collection. There will be no curbside trash or recycling pickup on Wednesday, July 4 and curbside collections will be on a one day delay for the rest of the week. Wednesday’s routes will be collected on Thursday, Thursday’s routes will be collected on Friday, and Friday’s routes will be collected on Saturday.
 
The weekly curbside metal pickup, for those who have purchased stickers and scheduled pickups in advance (no later than July 2), will be on Tuesday, July 3.

There will be no yard waste pickup next week (yard waste pickups move to one monthly collection for July through September).
 
For more information please call the DPW Resident Services Office at 781-665-0142.

Have a safe and happy Independence Day, Melrose!