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Curbside Leaf Pickup Week of November 18-22
The annual curbside leaf pickup will be the week BEFORE Thanksgiving, November 18-22. Please have your bagged leaves (paper leaf bags only!) at the curb by 6 AM on your TRASH DAY that week to ensure pickup. Read on... -
Done With Your Pumpkins? Compost Them!
Done with your pumpkins? Bring unpainted pumpkins to the transfer station to be composted. Put the pumpkins in the YARD WASTE section any Wednesday or Saturday (8 AM to 3:30 PM). Read on... -
Bulky Item Fee
Curbside pickup of a bulky item requires a $10 sticker. Residents with curbside trash pickup are allowed to put out ONE bulky item (for example: sofa, chair, mattress, box spring or carpet -- no appliances or electronics) per week. Read on...
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Recycling and trash must be at the curb by 6 AM on your pickup day.
The trucks cannot return for items not out on time.
Please check for more detailed information for 2019.
Check HERE for bulky item information.
Trash and Recycling Policy
One 35-gallon bag or barrel (50-pound limit) is allowed per residence.
Please make sure trash is not loose in the barrel.
Recycling is mandatory.
Trash will not be collected if recyclables are not at the curb. All recyclables should be placed in a collection bin (NO plastic bags). There is no limit for recycling, but containers cannot be larger than 45 gallons.
Policy Enforcement
JRM strictly enforces the town’s disposal limit of one barrel or bag and places stickers on any trash or recycling not in compliance with town policy.
Overthrow Bags
Additional trash must be placed in an overthrow bag, available for $2 (in packs of 5 for $10) at Aubuchon Hardware, Conley's Drug, Cumberland Farms, DJ's Variety, Richdale, Shaw's and Tedford's Hardware.
Holiday Pickup Delays
Please check the trash and recycling holiday delay schedule.
Recycling Bins
Construction Debris
Hiltz at 24 Kondelin Road in Gloucester (978-283-3335)
Mello at 95 Tenney Street in Georgetown (978-352-8581)
Questions about what to recycle?
MassDEP's RecycleSmart guide
Pickup Issues
Other Questions?
Email IpswichRecycles@gmail.com.
Transfer Station
(open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 AM to 3:30 PM) or other locations.
Ipswich is plastic bag- and styrofoam-free!
Ipswich businesses are using alternatives to single-use plastic bags and styrofoam. Please note that trash bags are not affected by this ban. Learn more here.
Household Hazardous Waste
Household Hazardous Waste Day 2020
Saturday, September 19, 2020, at the Transfer Station from 9-12
Residents can bring accepted household hazardous waste items to this September event.
Residents may also bring their HHW to another community with an open event.
Please note that communities charge a fee to nonresidents.
Need to dispose of items before or after open events occur?
Contact New England Disposal Technologies for their dropoff and pickup programs.
HHW Emergency Response Lines
ACV Enviro (800-7-SPILLS -- 800-777-4557)
Clean Harbors (800-645-8265)
Join the Curbside Composting Program
Toss all of your food scraps, grass clippings, pizza box inserts and much more in a cart for curbside pickup! Ipswich has a curbside compost collection program that costs less per week than one overthrow bag.
Email us at IpswichComposts@gmail.com or call (978-356-6612), visit the Department of Public Works office at Town Hall for more information or sign up online at Black Earth Compost.
Contact Us
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Marlene Faria Connelly
Recycling Coordinator
Email
Town Hall
25 Green St.
Ipswich, MA 01938
Ph: 978-356-6612
Fx: 978-356-6616
Hours
Mondays
8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Tuesdays - Thursdays
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fridays
8 a.m. - Noon
Staff Directory
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