What Can and Cannot Be Recycled in Hingham

Recyclables: means material that can be collected and treated which has potential value for resale, savings or reuse and designated in the Commonwealth as a ‘Waste Ban’ item that must be removed from the waste stream. For the purpose of these regulations, the following words and phrases are examples of recyclable material:

(1)    Paper: all types of paper, newspaper, magazines, cardboard and paperboard products excluding tissue paper, toweling, paper plates and cups, wax-coated cardboard, paper used to wrap food products, or paper contaminated by paint, oil or other substances.
(2)    Batteries: lead acid batteries used in motor vehicles or stationary applications, rechargeable and certain household batteries excluding common non-rechargeable consumer batteries deemed ‘disposable’.
(3)    Glass Containers: clear and colored glass bottles or containers but specifically excluding incandescent light bulbs, Pyrex cookware, plate glass, drinking glasses, windows, windshields and ceramics.
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(4)    Metal Containers: any aluminum, steel or bi-metal beverage and food container except those carrying toxic materials such as paint, petroleum products or other substances prohibited within these regulations.
(5)    Plastic Containers: plastic containers and packaging type #1 through #7. (6)    Deposit/Redeemable Cans and Plastic Bottles: all deposit or redeemable plastic bottles
and aluminum cans.
(7)    Cast Iron: heavy items containing cast iron such as sinks, bathtubs, pipes and radiators.
(8)    Metals: items containing a significant quantity of copper, aluminum, iron (other than Cast
Iron) and steel excluding mufflers, tailpipes or drums/tanks having contained petroleum products.
(9)    Clothing: all clean fabrics, clothing, textiles, shoes, belts, purses, stuffed animals, sheets, towels and drapes, whether in good condition or worn out.
(10) Leaves and Grass Clippings: leaves and grass clippings with any plastic bags removed.
(11) Brush Residential: wood, tree and landscape material no more than 30 inches in length or five (5) inches in diameter.
(12) Brush- Commercial Haulers/Landscapers: wood,tree and landscape material that has been processed through a wood chipper.
(13) Oil–Residential:motor oil from vehicle andmechanical equipment oil changes. (14) Tires Residential:automotive,motorcycle,tractor or other similar vulcanized tire. (15)Cathode Ray Tubes:any intact,broken,or processed glass tube used to provide visual display in older style televisions, computer monitors and certain scientific instruments such as oscilloscopes.
(16)White Goods:appliances employing electricity, oil or natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas to preserve or cook food, to wash or dry clothing, or to cool or heat air or water, which include refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, residential trash compactors, clothes washers, clothes dryers, gas or electric ovens and ranges, and hot water heaters.
(17)Fluorescent Fixtures: fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescentlights(CFL's),ballasts,as well as other mercury containing items such as thermometers & thermostats.
(18) Propane Gas Containers: metal containers used to store compressed propane gas. (19)Wood:lumber,plywood, wooden boards or other treated or untreated wood or wood waste.

Restricted Materials: means material that has the potential to cause environmental or physical harm or personal injury. For the purpose of these regulations, the following words and phrases are examples of restricted material.
(1)    Flammables: any quantities of gasoline, kerosene, flammable or explosive gas or vapor, including any material or substance which may generate or form a flammable, explosive or combustible substance, fluid, gas, vapor or mixture when combined with air, water or other substances.
(2)    Super Heated: any substance at a temperature above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, or at its burning point or substance which upon contact with water, refuse or air will generate steam, vapor, fire, smoke or toxic fumes.
(3)    Poisons: any substance likely to generate toxins that may interfere with or constitute a hazard to humans, wildlife or the environment.
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(4)    Biohazards: any animal guts, tissues, entrails, offal, blood or other types of pathological wastes.
(5)    Radioactive: any substance containing or labeled as radioactive. (6)    Identified Hazards: any substance deemed hazardous or toxic specifically identified by
Massachusetts General Laws or in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).
(7)    Asbestos: any asbestos materials of any kind or percentage of asbestos content, including asbestos-containing floor tiles, automotive brake linings, building siding, boilers, pipe insulation, roofing shingles and plaster asbestos products.
(8)    Excavation Bulk: any tree stumps, fill, boulders, paving materials, concrete, bricks, mortar and masonry.
(9)    Trees: any logs or solid wood material greater than five (5) inches in diameter and thirty (30) inches in length.
(10) Concrete:any bricks,mortar, paving materials,and concrete of any size.

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