Curbside Recycling and Trash Collection

Friday Trash & Recycling Route for Downtown Area (Downtown Area Route Map)

Virtual Tour of Recycling Plant

Mello Disposal – Newburyport Solid Waste & Recycling Info

Recycle Right Newburyport

Bulk Trash Sticker Online Purchase, see details below. You can also purchase bulk trash stickers at Richdale's, Market Basket, and Shaw's at the Customer Service desks.  

• Bulk trash stickers are $15 and are for items that are too big for the trash can, such as furniture and rugs - no construction material, no metal or electronic items.
• You will receive your sticker by mail in approximately 3 - 5 days. Place sticker on your item by 7 AM of your regular trash day.
• You can only put out one item per week, but you can purchase more than one sticker at a time.
• To recycle a mattress/box spring, please call the Recycling, Energy, & Sustainability Dept. at 978-499-0413 to make arrangements for the once a month curbside pick-up program OR you can bring your mattress/box spring to the Colby Farm Lane Recycling Center. A twin/infant mattress or box spring costs $35; a full, queen, king, etc. mattress or box spring costs $40.
• If a mattress is wet and/or infested, it must go to G. Mello Transfer Station and cannot be recycled. 
• You can also bring any bulk items, including construction debris to a transfer station such as G. Mello Disposal.
• Electronics, metal goods, large plastic items go to the Newburyport Recycling Center (open Thursdays from 12:15 - 2:15 PM and the first Saturday of each month from 8 AM – 12 PM, weather permitting).
• You have two (2) options for paying your bills; either by electronic check or by credit card.
• There is no fee when paying by electronic check. The credit card fee is based on a sliding scale per transaction. 
• To see the credit card fee schedule, click on the "Fee Schedule" when you purchase online.

Please see this link to our annual brochure for more detailed information which includes street listings for recycling pick-up times on page 8, the collection calendar on page 9, and more.