Information on Waste Bans

 

Current Materials Prohibited from disposal by 310 CMR 19.017

 

Glass Containers: glass bottles and jars (soda-lime glass) but excluding light bulbs, Pyrex cookware, plate glass, drinking glasses, windows, windshields and ceramics.

 

Metal Containers: aluminum, steel or bi-metal beverage and food containers.

 

Single Polymer Plastics: all narrow-neck plastic containers.

 

Recyclable Paper: all paper, cardboard, and paperboard products excluding tissue paper, toweling, paper plates and cups, wax-coated cardboard, and other low-grade paper products, which become unusable to paper mills as a result of normal intended use.

 

Yard Waste: grass clippings, weeds, garden materials, shrub trimmings, and brush 1" or less in diameter (excluding diseased plants).

 

Leaves: deciduous and coniferous leaf deposition.

 

Batteries: lead-acid batteries used in motor vehicles or stationary applications.

 

White Goods: appliances employing electricity, oil, natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas to preserve or cook food; wash or dry clothing, cooking or kitchen utensils or related items.  These typically include refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, gas or electric ovens and ranges, and hot water heaters.

 

Whole Tires: motor vehicle tires of all types. Whole tires may be disposed at combustion facilities. Shredded tires (a tire which has been cut, sliced or ground into four or more pieces such that the circular form of the tire has been eliminated) are not prohibited.

 

Cathode Ray Tubes: any intact, broken, or processed glass tube used to provide the visual display in televisions, computer monitors and certain scientific instruments such as oscilloscopes.

 

Additional Restricted Materials as of July 1, 2006

The following construction and demolition debris materials are prohibited from disposal:

 

Asphalt Pavement, Brick and Concrete: asphalt pavement, brick and concrete from construction activities and demolition of buildings and similar sources.

 

Metal

 

Wood: Treated and untreated wood, including wood waste.  Wood may be disposed at combustion facilities.

Don’t Break the Law When You Take Out the Trash

 

State Bans Items From Trash

Aggressive Enforcement by DEP