Melrose DPW 2023 Calendar of Collection Events
The Melrose Department of Public Works released its 2023 calendar of special collection events. During these events, Melrose residents may bring designated items to the event location on the dates indicated below, generally Saturday mornings.
Saturday drop-off recycling events for special items are held at the DPW Recycling Center at 72 Tremont Street from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. unless a different location is noted below.
The schedule for 2023 is as follows:
January 7: Post-holiday recycling
April 15: Motor oil/anti-freeze/gasoline
May 20: Paper shredding
June 3: Spring Swap Day (Melrose City Hall Parking Lot)
June 10: Scrap metal collection*
June 24: Household hazardous waste (HHW) collection at Stoneham High School*
September 16: Motor oil/anti-freeze/gasoline
October 7: Fall Swap Day (Melrose City Hall Parking Lot)
October 14: Rigid plastics
October 21: Household hazardous waste (HHW) collection at Melrose High School*
November 4: Pumpkin composting
*These events require the payment of a fee.
The following items are accepted at all Saturday special collection events except on HHW collection days: screens (TVs, computer monitors, laptops) with a charge of $20 each; metal goods ($25 per item); tires ($2 to $8 per tire); compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs); books; clothing, mercury items, and dried latex paint.
For the HHW collection events, please note that there is a fee, which will depend on how much is to be dropped off, based on a volume and weight estimation by a professional with the contracting waste management firm. We strongly advise Melrose residents who are planning to bring items to the HHW collection days to check out DPW’s instructions on what to bring and what not to bring (https://www.cityofmelrose.org/trash-recycling/pages/household-hazardous-waste). We also strongly advise residents to bring their checkbooks and pay for the service with checks made out to the City of Melrose.
Also, please note that latex and other water-based paints (e.g., “acrylic”) are NOT accepted on HHW collection days.
