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October 8th from 12pm - 5pm: Hard-to-Recycle Items Collection at The Melrose Farmer’s Market

  • Bowden Park 163 West Emerson Street Melrose, MA, 02176 United States (map)

Hard-to-Recycle Items Collection

Sally Frank’s Farmers Market on Thursday, October 8th, from 12pm - 5pm. Collection at the Zero Waste Melrose table. TerraCycle Flyer (PDF)

List of acceptable items:

— Personal Care Items:

• All brands of mouthwash bottles and caps, deodorant containers and caps, toothpaste tubes and caps, soap packaging, floss containers, and toothbrushes (Remove excess product)

• All brands of blades and razors (including disposable units and replaceable-blade cartridge units) and rigid plastic and flexible plastic packaging 

• All brands of contact lenses and blister packs (no cardboard packaging)

— Household Items:

• All fruit/yogurt squeeze pouches with screw tops

— Brand-Specific Items (Remove all excess product) :

ARM & HAMMER™ and OXICLEAN™ Pouch Recycling Program 

Barilla® Ready Pasta Recycling Program 

BIC® Stationery Recycling Program (all brand pens, highlighters, mechanical pencils, glue sticks)

Brita® Recycling Program

Burt's Bees Recycle on Us 

Calbee Recycling Program 

Dixon Classroom Recycling Program (brand specific - Ticonderoga and Dixon pencils)

Entenmann's Little Bites® Pouch Recycling Program 

eos Recycling Program 

Febreze Air Care Recycling Program 

Gerber® Recycling Program 

Gillette® Razor Recycling Program (all brand razors, blades and packaging)

GoGo squeeZ® Recycling Program (all brands of squeeze pouches)

Hasbro Toy Recycling Program (brand specific - Hasbro toys and games)

Late July snacks packaging

L.O.L. Surprise!™ Recycling Program (LOL dolls and accessories)

NOW® Recycling Program 

Rodan + Fields Recycling Program

Tom's of Maine Natural Care Recycling Program 

WELEDA® Recycling Program  (all WELEDA® personal care packaging)

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