Braintree Trash & Recycling Home Page

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Special Collection & E-Waste

HHWD

Additional Items To Recycle…

Recycling Links & Resources

Braintree Recycling: Recycling Links & Resources

Sustainable Braintree: http://www.sustainablebraintree.org

Earth 911: A great website for local, national, and global recycling initiatives and programs. http://earth911.org/
Students: http://earth911.org/for-students/

Mercury Disposal Information:
www.keepmercuryfromrising.org

E-Waste information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste

Massachusetts DEP: Waste and Recycling
http://www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/recycle.htm

Sharps Disposal (needles) information: www.mass.gov/dph or www.braintree.gov/health

Where Does it All Go? - PDF

The Benefits of Recycling - PDF

To really protect the planet we have to stop consuming so many resources and producing so much waste. If every person cut waste by only 5%, we could collectively "lose" more than 20 billion pounds of trash a year. Talk about a diet worth sticking to. Learn what else we can gain if we reduce.