| What materials |
Where |
When |
Comment |
| Yard Leaves |
Scheduled
weekly curbside collections during certain weeks in
Autumn and Spring only.
Compost
site on High Plain Road (Bald Hill Area)
|
All year
for walkers and as announced for drivers |
ONLY
Bagged
leaves will also be collected during the regular curbside
pickups in the five weeks during the Fall and Spring. Check for
dates here. By bagged is
meant in open trash barrels, brown paper leaf compost bags.
Click for details. |
| Grass Clippings
|
No
collection by Town but they may be taken to the Compost
site at scheduled times |
|
Leaving
clippings on lawn can be very beneficial in returning
nutrients so long as one mows regularly. See
comments |
| Appliances, rugs and carpets,
furniture, and a host of other items, some of which might
be reusable
|
No
collection by Town |
|
See first
the page on REUSE and then the
list of disposal options by private vendors and others on
the LINKS page. |
| Waste Motor Oil
|
North
Andover DPW Garage on Osgood Street
978-685-0950 |
First and
third Saturday of each month - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. |
Limit of
ten gallons; $.50 per gallon
Also many sellers of motor oil will take
back used oil if you bought the original there; please
check. |
| Button batteries -- Recycle,
do not trash |
Desk at
Town Hall, Senior Center, Water Treatment Plant, Library,
Andover Photo, Photo USA, Audio Hearing Center |
During
normal business hours |
Small
batteries used in watches, hearing aids, calculators, cell
phones, cameras, pacemakers, etc; many contain metals that
are harmful when released through incineration |
| Cathode ray tubes in TV
monitors and television sets and microwave ovens |
West Middle School |
September 29, 2007
|
Illegal to dispose of in any other way due to high lead content. |
| Items containing mercury including thermometers,
thermostats, fluorescent bulbs, mercury switches, liquid mercury,
certain small batteries (mercury content on the casing) |
HHW and
TV/CRT electronics recycling events. |
September
29, 2007 and June 8, 2008, May 8, 2008
|
Also may be recycled at the Household Hazardous Waste collection held twice a year
and TV/CRT electronics recycling events.
Mercury thermometers may be exchanged
for a new digital (non-mercury) thermometer.
|
| Pool chemicals, pesticides, flammable liquids, paint solvents, thinners, stains, varnishes, hobby
chemicals, antifreeze, brake fluid, some household cleansers |
West Elementary
School |
May 10,
2008 |
As announced by an ad in The Townsman and a
special announcement on this web site. |
| Button batteries |
Water Treatment Plant, Board of Health,
Town Hall, Senior Center, Memorial Hall Library |
Normal
business hours |
|
| Mercury thermometers |
Water Treatment Plant,
Board of Health |
Normal
business hours |
Mercury thermometers may be exchanged
for a new digital (non-mercury) thermometer at Water
Treatment Plant and Board of Health.
|
 |
No option
for vehicle tires |
|
Check with
dealer; some will take those tires that are replaced and
recycle them properly; "sellers" will take old
ones when you buy new ones, so the best time to recycle
is when purchasing new tires |
can one recycle biweekly?
will recyclables be collected?
does one dispose of other materials?
does Andover send recycled materials?
is it important for Andover to recycle?
to recycling and environmental sites.
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