Important trash day schedule notice: NO holiday delay will occur for MLK Jr Day, the week of January 19. Set your trash and recycling out on your regular trash day the week of this holiday. If you do not, crews cannot return, and the carts will be collected the following week. 

Christmas tree collection is the first two full weeks of January each year. The dates for 2026 are January 5-16.  

Resource Recovery Center Hours:

November 1- March 31 (Winter hours)
Monday – Friday: 7am – 2:30pm
Saturday: 9am – 1pm
Closed Sundays, holidays, and occasionally due to heavy rain/snow.

The Center will be closed Monday, January 19, in observance of the MLK Jr. day holiday.

Click on the Recycle Right Newton tool below or download the app to know what to recycle and where and to receive reminders about your curbside collection schedule.

News & Updates

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Check out Newton's SMM guide to recycling, trash, and composting.

Recycling

• Our educational materials including the Recycle Right flyer (now available in simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese).
• Jump to our Recycle at the Resource Recovery Center page to see the 25+ types of materials we recycle and compost at the Center.
• MA Recycle Smart program has a great recycling lookup tool and a curbside recycling guide available in 9 languages.  
• MA Beyond the Bin search tool to find local recycling outlets for difficult to recycle items.

Donation options: our clothing/textile drop-off locations flyer and information about the curbside collection service.

Yard Waste & Christmas trees
Newton residents may drop off yard waste and Christmas trees at Newton's Resource Recovery Center all year long.

Read the new Recommendations to Rethink Curbside Collection Services Report.

Did you know that smaller, easier to manage 35-gallon carts are available to residents upon request? Please contact customer service at 617-796-1000 to swap your larger carts for smaller ones. *Note that the option to swap for a smaller cart applies to both trash and recycling or only trash. There cannot be a smaller recycling cart with a larger trash cart. 

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