Category Archives: recycling

Open ……Christmas Eve Day, Saturday, Dec. 24, 7 am – 12 pm Noon Closed…..Christmas Day Sunday, Dec. 25 Closed…..Christmas Day Observed, Monday, Dec. 26 Open……. New Year’s Eve Day, Saturday, Dec. 31, 7 am – 12 pm Noon Closed……New Year’s Day Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 Closed……New Year’s Day Observed, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012

From the Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility: Plastic bags and plastic film should be recycled in the Plastic bag bin along the recycling wall. Items such as plastic grocery bags, dry cleaning bags, and shrink wrap can be placed in the bag bin as well. According to Wikipedia “Used bags should not be littered: this [...]

The Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend committee has begun rolling out details for this year’s festivities, which take place the weekend of May 20-22. The parade theme will be Wellesley Recycles, which celebrates 40 years of the town’s recycling program. (By the way, this month eyeglasses are the Recyclable of the Month at the Wellesley RDF, which [...]

No, just because oil leaked from Wellesley High School into the Fuller Brook earlier this year doesn’t mean you can just pour your toxic stuff there, too. The Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility will take your nastiest offerings on May 1. Here’s what you can and can’t bring.

Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility workers have a sense of humor about the snow being dumped on us all, though we suspect they don’t really want you bringing it there…. Photo credit: Patrick Rafter Your Ad Here

From the Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility: Many Americans change their own oil, for a variety of reasons. It saves money, people enjoy the feeling of “doing it themselves,” and for people with a busy schedule, it’s sometimes easier than making an appointment and waiting at a service station. Unfortunately, for a long time people [...]

Got a note from a Wellesley newcomer this week who was inquiring about the town’s “fend for yourself” garbage and recycling system, in that residents need to haul their stuff to the Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility. It turns out this family has one small car that will make it tough to bring much at [...]

From the Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility: It makes little sense, and yet almost everyone has done it: throwing away refundable containers. After all, it’s essentially the same as opening a change purse and throwing a handful of coins into the trashcan. And yet, improperly disposing of refundable containers is a national problem. According to [...]

At this past weekend’s Antiques at Elm Bank in Wellesley, people sold stuff, people bought stuff, people thought some of it look suspiciously similar to things seen at the Wellesley dump.

The Wellesley RDF cites stats about cellphones lasting an average of 18 months and that 150 million will be discarded this year alone. It encourages you to use the clearly marked igloos at the the RDF for recycling your old iPhones, BlackBerries, etc. The phones can sometimes be refurbished and redistributed as well. Just make [...]