Curbside Collection Information

Please note trash and recycling pickup will be delayed by 1 day during the week of 1/19/26 due to the holiday on Monday. Please place materials curbside 1 day after your normal service day. 

Cart/Barrel Set up for Collection:

• Carts and barrels must be set out by 7 am on your scheduled pick up day and must be removed from the curb within 24 hours of being placed curbside.
• When placing out your carts, please do not block the sidewalk. Allow enough room for disabled persons to navigate the sidewalk using a wheelchair, walker, or guide dog, or for people using a baby carriage or walking a dog
• Keep carts 18 inches apart (for mechanical collection), and away from overhanging trees, carports, balconies, basketball hoops, and utility meters and gas and water lines. Allowing space in between your cart for the automated arm to grab will prevent carts and barrels being knocked over. This will help prevent carts from breaking and from trash/recycling be knocked from the carts onto the street.
• Please refer to the photo on how to space your carts for curbside collection.

Waste Pickup Requirements: 

• Trash, recycling, and yard waste must be set out by 7 am on your scheduled pickup day and must be removed from the curb within 24 hours of being placed curbside.
• Barrels should be no larger than 32 gallons and 40 pounds for the safety of sanitation workers.
• Trash stickers are required on all rubbish items not placed in Town trash carts. If you have other barrels, each barrel must have a sticker placed on the top item of trash inside the barrel. Bags not in a barrel or cart must have a sticker. View the Buying Trash Stickers page for trash sticker sale locations.
• Cardboard boxes must be empty and flattened to be collected for recycling. 
• For miscellaneous items, like furniture or old appliances, click here:  How Do I Dispose of page.

Additional Yard Waste Pickup Requirements Click Here: Yard Waste Pickups

• Ensure all yard waste is placed in barrels or a paper leaf bag.
• Barrels should be labeled Yard Waste in some way.
• Branches should be less than 4 inches in diameter and less than three feet in length.
• Branches may be bundled and securely tied with natural fiber string. Bundles should be under 40 pounds in weight.
• Grass clippings should be in paper bags or barrels labeled as "Yard Waste". Loose grass clippings will not be picked up.
• Yard waste in plastic bags will not be picked up.

If you need additional help regarding curbside collection, please call 617-898-4900.

For missed trash, recycling or yard waste collection issues refer to: Missed Pickups

The old "town dump" is closed and is now part of Granite Links Golf Chttp://Missed Pickupsourse. Residents now dispose of trash through the Town's curbside trash pickup program. There is no other way to dispose of trash for Milton residents.

Recycling is also picked up curbside on the same day as your trash. As of 2011, the Town of Milton has converted to a Single Stream recycling program. All recyclables can be put out curbside in one container without the need for sorting.