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Solid Waste & Recycling
DROP-OFF LOCATION FOR BAGGED ROADSIDE LITTERWith current staffing shortages and to keep the ACK Clean Team spirit alive year round, DPW staff will stop by on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and remove consolidated, bagged ROADSIDE litter from the following bike path drop-off locations (look for the signs). Please call DPW at 508-228-7244 for special pickup of large items found.Drop-off locations:
THANK YOU FOR HELPING KEEP NANTUCKET CLEAN!Disposal of household waste prohibited by Town of Nantucket bylaw 125-7. Violations subject to fine. |
Nantucket’s mandatory recycling program was established in July of 1996. All residential and commercial property owners or occupants are required to recycle. The Material Recovery Facility (MRF) provides a single drop-off area for all source-separated recyclable and household waste.
RECYCLABLES
- Shipping Boxes (clean, corrugated cardboard)
- Plastics (bottles, cups, jars, jugs, and tubs)
- Tin/Aluminum (food and beverage cans, bottle and jar lids, aluminum foil items)
- Glass (bottles and jars). Sort lids and caps according to their material.
COMPOSTABLE WASTE
Food scraps and mixed paper. This includes, for example, pizza/food boxes, paper towels, paper bags, newspapers, magazines, tissues, coffee grounds, pet waste.
Note: waxed paper items (and all other items made from a mix of materials) go in Non-Recyclable & Non-Compostable Waste.
NON-RECYCLABLE & NON-COMPOSTABLE WASTE
Household waste items that do not belong in the other streams. This includes: plastic bags and other plastic film, Styrofoam, plastic wrappers, chip bags, milk cartons, cleaning wipes, diapers, incandescent lights, textiles that are not reusable (you can leave your reusable textiles at the Take-It-or-Leave-It), and all items and packaging made from a mix of materials (when possible, please separate items made from a mix of materials into their separate waste streams).
* All items should be clean and empty, and must be contained in clear plastic bags.
** All loads must be covered when en-route to the landfill. Fines can be issued for trash blowing from vehicles.
Solid Waste Agreements
Operation Hours
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For inquiries about Landfill hours and operations, please contact Waste Options at (508) 228-4283.
Recycling Center address: 188 Madaket Road, Nantucket, MA 02554.
Landfill Hours Summer (May 1 - September 30)
Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - Noon
Landfill Hours Winter (October 1 - April 30)
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.Saturday and Sunday: 8 a.m. - Noon
Landfill Closed on the following in 2022
- Jan. 17 2022 Mon. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Feb. 21 2022 Mon Presidents’ Day
- Apr. 17 2022 Sun. Easter Sunday
- Apr. 18 2022 Mon. Patriots' Day
- May. 30 2022 Mon. Memorial Day
- Jun. 19 2022 Sun. Juneteenth
- July. 4 2022 Mon. 4th of July
- Sept. 5 2022 Mon. Labor Day
- Oct. 10 2022 Mon. Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- Nov. 11 2022 Fri. Veterans' Day
- Nov. 24 2022 Thurs. Thanksgiving Day
- Dec. 25 2022 Sun. Christmas Day
- Dec. 26 2022 Mon. Observed Christmas Day
For inquiries about Landfill hours and operations, please contact Waste Options at (508) 228-4283