Falmouth To Enact Mandatory Recycling Regulations Starting In April

Press release from the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce:

3/16/2023

FALMOUTH, MA — Beginning April 14, 2023, the Town of Falmouth will enact a regulation requiring all residents, guests, businesses, and institutions to recycle materials that are on Mass DEP’s Waste Ban list. This includes items such as glass bottles and jars, plastic and metal food and drink containers, paper, cardboard as well as bulky materials including mattresses, clothing and textiles, leaves and yard waste.

Commercial generators* of waste and/or recycling which do not already contract for private recycling services will be required to do so, and trash haulers will be required to offer recycling services to all of their Falmouth customers.

*This category includes property owners, renters, tenants, lessees, permittees, event organizers, and occupants of any commercial, industrial, institutional, nonprofit, municipal, school, mixed-use building, time-shares, or any other non-residential generators of waste in Falmouth.

A public information session on how to comply with the regulations will be held on Wednesday, March 29 at 9:00 am in the Hermann Meeting Room at Falmouth Public Library. Falmouth Solid Waste Advisory Committee will host the meeting with support from Falmouth DPW and Health Department.

The full text of the regulations and additional information and FAQ’s may be found here: https://www.falmouthma.gov/1400/Mandatory-Recycling-Regulations

This press release was produced by the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.