Andover MA is a town located near Malden, Shrewsbury, Chelmsford, Belmont and South Hadley in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The Public Works Department of the town of Andover MA is responsible for providing trash collection services to the residents of Andover MA. They provide garbage collection services every week and recycling services once every two weeks. To cooperate with the Public Works Department, residents need to follow certain sanitation rules provided by the town government to ensure the town environment remains clean and healthy.
Find Your Trash Collection Day
If you are not aware of your trash collection schedule and want to know about it, click the link given below. You will find a search bar where you can enter your complete home address to find your trash and recycling collection day. Follow certain rules and regulations while placing your cart at the curbside on designated days.
https://andoverma.gov/959/Trash-Collection#Trash_Collection
Garbage Collection
According to the Andover Garbage Collection Schedule, place your cart at the curbside by 7 AM on your designated day. Andover will not provide trash bins; instead, you can use your own cart and bags to place your trash at the curbside. Choose carts that weigh 50 lbs when full. Do not leave loose trash at the curbside; always bag your trash and then place it at the curbside to ensure collection.
Do not place your trash on your private property because collection crews are not allowed to enter private property. Place your cart at the curbside no more than 6 feet from the roadway. As far as the limit of residential trash is concerned, there should be four bags (whether you are using bags or barrels), and their weight should be 50 lbs each.
Recycling Collection
Andover MA will facilitate its citizens with a single-stream recycling process. They provide these facilities once every two weeks. So, place your recycling cart at the curbside by 7 AM on your scheduled collection day. If you are using your own cart, it is important to label your cart with 2 red recycling stickers affixed so the collection crew can easily recognize recycling carts.
Acceptable recycling materials include mixed paper, plastic bottles, plastic containers, aluminum foil, steel cans, tin, cardboard, flattened and folded boxes, food boxes, and glass bottles and jars. Put only empty, clean, and dry food boxes into the recycling cart. Do not add any contaminants into the cart.
If your recycling material contains glass, make sure that the glass is not broken. Do not add broken glass into the recycling cart. There is no weight limit for recycling carts to be collected during collection. Do not put any plastic bags into the recycling cart because they cause problems in the recycling machine and could slow down the recycling process.
Bulk Collection
If you have bulk trash and want to get rid of it, there are two options available to you. Firstly, if your bulk is in good condition, you should consider donating it to someone in need. If a bulk item is broken, you can dispose of it. Trash collection authorities allow you to place only one bulk trash item with your residential trash cart at the curbside every week.
Bulk trash includes broken furniture such as beds, sofas, loveseats, chairs, recliners, armchairs, tables, desks, bookcases, mattresses, and carpeting. If your bulk trash consists of mattresses, wrap your mattress and place it at the curbside. If it contains carpeting, roll your carpet into a length of 6 feet before placing it at the curbside.
Yard Collection
The town will allow you to place yard trash with regular garbage collection. If you have tree branches or leaves, place them at the curbside to ensure your yard collection. Put all leaves into biodegradable bags, cut all branches into lengths of 6 feet, tie them into a bundle, and place that bundle at the curb for collection on your regular garbage collection day.
Holidays Collection
Andover MA observes certain holidays that delay your normal trash collection schedule by one day. For example, if you observe these holidays on your normal trash collection day (Monday), your trash cart will be serviced on Tuesday, and Tuesday collection will also be delayed by one day. This delay in the normal trash collection day will run throughout the week. Follow the chart below to place your cart at the curbside if you observe any of Andover MA’s annual holidays.
| Holidays | Date and Day | Change in Collection Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | July 4, 2024, Thursday | No trash collection on July 4, 2024. Your trash will be collected on July 5, 2024, Friday. |
| Labor Day | September 2, 2024, Monday | No trash and recycling collection on September 2, 2024. Collection will be scheduled on September 3, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Columbus Day | October 14, 2024, Monday | No trash collection on October 14, 2024. Your trash will be collected on October 15, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Veterans Day | November 11, 2024, Monday | No collection on November 11, 2024. It will be rescheduled for November 12, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Thanksgiving Day | November 28, 2024, Thursday | No trash collection on November 28. Your trash and recycling cart will be serviced on November 29, 2024, Friday. |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2024, Wednesday | No collection on December 25, 2024. Your carts will be collected on December 26, 2024, Thursday. |
| New Year’s Day | January 1, 2025, Wednesday | No collection on January 1, 2025. Your carts will be collected on January 2, 2025, Thursday. |
| International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust | January 27, 2025, Monday | No collection on January 27, 2025. Your carts will be collected on January 28, 2025, Tuesday. |
| Act of Kindness Day | February 17, 2025, Monday | No collection on February 17, 2025. Your carts will be collected on February 18, 2025, Tuesday. |
| Forest Day | April 21, 2025, Monday | No collection on April 21, 2025. Your carts will be collected on April 22, 2025, Tuesday. |
| Memorial Day | May 26, 2025, Monday | No collection on May 26, 2025. Your carts will be collected on May 27, 2025, Tuesday. |
| Juneteenth Day | June 19, 2025, Tuesday | No collection on June 19, 2025. Your carts will be collected on June 20, 2025, Wednesday. |
