Longmeadow is a town located near Shrewsbury, Chelmsford, Belmont, South Hadley and Andover in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The Waste Management Department provides trash and recycling curbside services to the residents of Longmeadow. If you have bulk, yard, or household hazardous waste (HHW), you will need to bring these materials to the yard and recycling waste station. Besides all these efforts, it is also the residents’ responsibility to keep the environment of Longmeadow clean and healthy by following sanitation rules provided by the Waste Management Department.
Garbage and Recycling Collection Schedule
Are you looking for your Longmeadow Garbage Collection Schedule for garbage and recycling collection days in your area? Click the link below to access a PDF with the garbage and recycling collection days. Look for your area’s name in the PDF to identify your trash collection day. As a reminder, set an alarm for your collection day. Moreover, place your cart at the curbside according to the provided rules to ensure your garbage collection.
https://www.longmeadowma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/701/Collection-Route-Schedule-PDF
Trash Collections
Place all trash into the town-provided cart and place a closed-lid cart at the curbside by 7 AM on your scheduled collection day. Residents are allowed to place up to 20 pounds of garbage at the curbside. If you have excess trash that cannot fit into the garbage cart, place all extra trash in city-approved blue bags at the curbside. You can buy these bags from retailers for $2.
Do not put leaves, yard waste, CRTs (TVs, computer monitors), demolition/construction materials, or bulk items such as furniture and appliances into refuse carts. You need to bring all these items to the town recycling and yard waste centers. Place your cart so that its lid faces the front of the street. Roll your cart back as soon as possible after collection.
Recycling Collection
Recycling services will be provided on the same day as your normal garbage collection. Paper will be collected every week, while containers such as bottles and plastic products will be collected every other week. The Department of Public Works will provide recycling carts of 14 and 18 gallons to hold all recycling products. Place your cart at the curbside by 7 AM on your collection day.
Acceptable recycling materials include glass containers, metal cans, plastics numbered 1-7, paper, cardboard (no larger than 3’ x 3’ and should be broken down), and newspapers. Place only empty, clean, and dry items into the cart. Do not put any plastic bags into the cart, as these disrupt the recycling process and cause problems.
Bulk Collection / Yard & Recycling Waste Center Information
Longmeadow will not provide curbside bulk collection facilities. Bulk trash includes broken furniture that cannot be donated, mattresses, and home appliances. If you have this type of trash material or any yard trash, you must bring it to the Yard and Recycling Waste Center. The Yard and Recycling Center is located at Pondside Road, adjacent to the old Department of Public Works yard (31 Pondside).
The operational hours of this center are 5 AM to 9 PM from Monday to Friday. You need a recycling center annual sticker to use this facility. Residents can buy these stickers online by filling out a form at the link below. Bring all bulk trash and yard waste safely to the designated places.
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If you decide to bring yard waste to the recycling center, put all leaves, branches, and clippings into a bag and cut all branches into lengths of 6 feet. Tie all these branches into bundles and bring them to the recycling center. This facility is only available to residents of Longmeadow.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
The city also provides household hazardous waste disposal services to residents. Household hazardous materials include dangerous chemicals and harmful substances that residents cannot safely store at home. Examples include paint thinner, furniture and floor cleaners/polishes, spot remover, carpet and upholstery cleaner, glues and adhesives, lawn and garden supplies, and pool chemicals such as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, algaecides, shock treatments, pH adjusting chemicals, chlorine tablets, medications, liquid chemicals, and rechargeable batteries.
If you want to dispose of this type of trash, bring it to the New England Disposal Technologies (NEDT) located at 190 East Main Street, Westfield. Their hours of operation are 9 AM to 4 PM from Monday to Wednesday and 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturday. This facility is only available to residents of Longmeadow.
Longmeadow Trash Holidays Schedule
Certain holidays will affect trash collection services if residents observe these on their normal collection day. Your trash collection will be delayed by one day for a week if you observe these holidays. For instance, if you observe these holidays on Monday, your trash will be collected on Tuesday, and Tuesday’s collection will also be delayed by one day and collected on Wednesday. Delays in trash collection will run for the entire week.
| Holidays | Date and Day | Change in Trash and Recycling Collection Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Independence Day | July 4, 2024, Thursday | No collection on Thursday. Your trash will be collected on July 5, 2024, Friday. |
| Labor Day | September 2, 2024, Monday | No collection on Monday. Your carts will be serviced on September 3, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Thanksgiving Day | November 28, 2024, Thursday | No trash collection on Thursday. Your carts will be collected on November 29, 2024, Friday. |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2024, Wednesday | No trash collection on Wednesday. Trash collection will be rescheduled for December 26, 2024, Thursday. |
| New Year’s Day | January 1, 2025, Wednesday | No trash collection on Wednesday. Trash will be collected on January 2, 2025, Thursday. |
| Memorial Day | May 26, 2025, Monday | No trash collection on Monday. Your carts will be collected on May 27, 2025, Tuesday. |
