Walpole Trash Schedule 2023 (Holidays, Recycling, Bulk Pickup)
Walpole is a city near Natick, Newton, Medford, Brockton, Maynard, Somerville, Tewksbury, Mattapoisett, Beverly, Melrose, and Watertown in the state of Massachusetts, in the United States.
Like other cities in the country, Walpole offers its residents a trash collection program through which the citizens can get rid of their daily household trash, recyclables, hazardous waste and bulky items.
Following are the details about the Walpole trash schedule.
Walpole Trash Pickup Schedule
Trash collection takes place every week in Walpole. Also, the garbage collection starts at 7 am on your pickup day.
So you have to place the carts at the curbside before this time. Know about your collection days and more about the Walpole trash schedule by calling the Health Department through 508-660-7321.
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Walpole Holiday Trash Schedule
Here is the complete holiday trash schedule for the city of Walpole.
- Independence Day – July 4, 2023 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Labor Day – September 4, 2023 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Columbus Day – October 9, 2023 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Veterans Day – November 11, 2023 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Thanksgiving Day – November 23, 2023 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Christmas Day – December 25, 2023 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- New Year’s Day – January 1, 2024 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Martin Luther King Day – January 15, 2024 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Presidents Day – February 19, 2024 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Patriots Day – April 15, 2024 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Memorial Day – May 27, 2024 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
- Juneteenth – June 19, 2024 – No collection takes place. The schedule is shifted to the next day till the end of the week.
Walpole Recycling Schedule
Recycling collection takes place once every other week in Walpole. However, the pickup weeks may differ from street to street.
You can check out your complete recycling pickup schedule from here: https://www.walpole-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1381/f/pages/walpole_recycling_230360.pdf
As you can see that some days are shaded in the pdf and some are left unshaded, here is the schedule for both the cases.
Recyclables include newspaper, office paper and magazines, plastic bottles, envelopes and wrapping paper, construction paper, junk mail, books and paper bags, catalogs, glass jars and bottles, food cans etc.
Walpole Bulk Pickup Schedule
Bulky waste items are those which are very heavy and large and hence cannot be placed inside regular trash cans. These items include furniture, carpets and rugs etc.
Bulk items are picked up weekly in Walpole, but the residents are allowed to dispose of only two large items per week.
The heavy items can be placed at the curbside on the same day as your garbage collection day.
Walpole Yard Waste Collection
Yard waste or green waste should be composted at homes. You can get bins from the government in order to decompose the compostable waste.
Moreover, there is a compost facility in the city which is open for the public on every Wednesday. Check out here: https://www.walpole-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1381/f/pages/fy23_robbins_rd_hours_0.pdf for more information.
Yard waste includes tree branches, leaves, grass, brushes and other vegetative materials. Dirt, rocks and sand, cement and concrete, wood to which glue is added, recyclable items, animal waste and dead animals should not be added to yard waste.
Walpole Hazardous Waste Disposal
Household hazardous waste can not be picked up from the curbside in Walpole city. Instead, the residents have to take such items to the Household Hazardous Waste Waste days or events that take place in the city or in other nearby communities.
Check out here: https://www.walpole-ma.gov/solid-waste-recycling/pages/household-hazardous-waste-day-2023 for more information.
Hazardous items are the ones which can catch fire easily or which contain toxic chemicals dangerous for human health. Some of the examples are batteries and cells, glues and adhesives, furniture polish, swimming pool chemicals, brake fluid, photographic chemicals, medications, shoe polish, paints, pesticides and insecticides, fertilizers, varnishes etc.
City of Walpole Trash Guidelines
Following are some guidelines for the Walpole residents.
- Do not overfill the carts. This may result in the trash being thrown on the streets which will litter your area.
- Trash carts must be placed having a minimum of three feet distance with each other.
- Throwing garbage on the streets and roads is not allowed and should not be practiced by the citizens.
- Wash and dry the containers on a regular basis to ensure proper cleanliness.
- In case you miss a pickup or need any other information, call at 508-660-7321.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Recap – Walpole Trash Schedule
Garbage and recycling collection in Walpole takes place on a regular basis, however, the schedule changes a little during the weeks of some public holidays like New Year’s Day, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day and some other city holidays.
For more information, call 508-660-7321. See What To Do If You Miss Trash Day in Walpole.
