Andover, Massachusetts, Recycles

In Andover:
What to recycle can one recycle biweekly?
When to recycle will recyclables be collected, including calendar and streets?
How to dispose of other materials. does one dispose of other materials?
What happens to Andover's recyclables does Andover send recycled materials?
Why is it important to recycle? is it important for Andover to recycle?
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Recycling Committee:
Tony Connell
Candy Dann
Don Gottfried
Marya Lundgren
Alana McKee
Jan Niebudek
Glenn Rogers
Scott Stecher
Seal of Town of Andover, Massachusetts
Public Works:
Jack Petkus, Director
Sandy Gerraughty
978-623-8350

Need another -- go to the Water Treatment Plant on Route 133 at Haggetts Pond and pick one up.  They are free to Andover residents.

For those residents that want to use their own larger container, the Town has red "Bottles and Cans" stickers .  The stickers are for use on barrels dedicated to storage of recyclable bottles and cans. 

Paper should be collected in a blue bin and a blue bin should always be used to make sure the recycling driver stops.  

 
The Andover Recycling Program is a community effort sponsored jointly by the Andover Recycling Committee and the Department of Public Works.
Its objectives are to:
  • Protect our environment by keeping toxins and other materials our of the Northeast Solid Waste Collection (waste to-energy) facility;
  • Save money for Andover by avoiding costs for incineration of trash;
  • Save resources by reusing raw materials;
  • Increase the number of participants in the recycling program;
  • Increase the amounts of materials that can be recycled by residents and organizations;
  • Reduce the total amount of disposable solid waste;
  • Advance recycling for residents of multifamily housing;
  • Improve the household hazardous waste collection and proper disposition programs;
  • Heighten public awareness of recycling and related issues.

    Andover has had to collect less trash as solid waste and has collected more through recycling during the last four years, ended June 30, 2007.  The Town has thereby possibly avoided $185,000 in costs.  Click the Why option for complete details and report. (8/07)

    Recycling One Ton of paper  saves Seventeen trees and Seven Thousand gallons of water.  See also MassRecyclesPaper.org for more.

Announcements for 2008:  

CRT and TV/electronics collection event for recycling will be held at West Middle School  on Saturday, June 7, 2008, and that for Household Hazardous Waste at West Elementary School on Saturday May 10, 2008.  All will run from 9:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M.  There will be no HHW collection in September of 2008.

Household rubbish collection at the curbside is limited to six bags or barrels per residence.  One bulky item is allowed per week in addition to household trash.  For quantities beyond that, a private contractor will have to be hired instead.  See FAQS for clues, especially about styrofoam, which is no longer recyclable in Massachusetts.

Do your part to "close the loop" when you buy items or packaging made from recycled materials.

Check the quality of the air  over Andover, and our neighboring communities, should you ever think that recycling is unimportant.

Copyright © 2008 Andover Recycling Committee, All rights Reserved

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Know what materials can be recycled; know how and where to dispose of hazardous wastes properly; take the time to collect, organize and dispose of recyclables appropriately.
Zero Waste Day is A Booming Success in 2008:

More than 450 motor vehicles delivered household goods that were carried away by grateful public service groups in ten vans on that first Saturday in May.

This event will be repeated in 2009 with more capacity for more recycling.  Click here for details about 2008.

Recycle and reuse!!

Greening Our Schools
Shawsheen Elementary has been Going Green all year, as they incorporate their Green school-wide theme into their curriculum and school activities.  Earlier in the year the main office committed to going paperless, sending all notices from the office via the school's list serve.
 
The school lunch waste has been reduced from four barrels to two through composting, recycling and reusing Tupperware and water bottles. 
 
In the November Santa Parade, over 50 Shawsheen parents and children proudly pulled Shawsheen's three green floats promoting Recycling - a large blue bin, Reusing- our compost "pig", and Reducing- a large tree saved by our paperless efforts.
 
The children are also collecting deposit slips from redeemable cans and bottles to put towards the purchase of a tree at the end of the year.
 
Many of the other schools have been showing their green efforts as well with a Walk to School day each month and selling canvas bags for the supermarket.