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Recycling Tips

"Once a contaminated item, such as a plastic ketchup bottle with remaining contents or a greasy pizza box, comes into contact with other recyclables, such as paper or cardboard, the entire batch can potentially become contaminated and end up in a landfill."

This Earth Day, Let’s Take #1MORE Step to Becoming Better Recyclers

Holiday Recycling

"With all of this comes a lot of extra waste. It’s hard not to notice the full trash and recycling container on collection days in December, but did you know that Americans generate 25 percent more waste, per household, during the holiday season? That is nearly 1,000 pounds of trash, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, of which roughly 80 percent could be recycled or repurposed."

Five Easy Tips for Holiday Recycling

What to do with Old Gadgets

"But what do you do with your old devices? They take up a lot of room, yes. But more importantly, they contain sensitive information and harmful materials like arsenic, lead and mercury. To secure you and your family from data theft and to ensure the hazardous material doesn’t harm our environment; electronics need to be disposed of differently than other waste."

What To Do with Those Old, So-Last-Season Gadgets?

Free yellow trash bags are available for you to pick up from the DPW and use for cleaning up.

Gloucester DPW 28 Poplar Street 7:30am - 4:00pm
door on the left side of the building, upstairs.

When the bag is full, tie closed and call DPW (978)281-9785 to give pickup address

 

SeeClickFix
SeeClickFix is a tool use by Gloucester DPW (Department of Public Works) to identify and resolve issues reported by citizens.
(Ex. potholes, picking up yellow bags, abandoned large items, putting up signs where needed, etc.)
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Clean City Commission
The purpose of the Clean City Commission shall be to keep the City beautiful in the following ways:

  • Organize and direct volunteer efforts to keep the City beautiful
  • Keep the Mayor and appropriate City departments informed of the maintenance and beautification needs of public property
  • Work with all City departments including the Department of Public Works, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the School Department, the Conservation Commission, and the Waterways Board
Email inquiries may be directed to GloucesterMACleanCommission@gmail.com
Find us on Facebook at Clean Gloucester 
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