Household Hazardous Waste
2025-09-06 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Salem High School, 77 Willson Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Household Hazardous Waste Day
The next Household Hazardous Waste Day will be held at
Salem High School
Saturday, September 6, 2025
8 am to Noon
$25 co-pay per car, cash or check only
** Please remember to bring proof of Salem residency **
HHWD Flyer 2025
HHWD Flyer 2025-Spanish

SalemRecycles Free Book Swap and TerraCycle Collection
2025-09-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Community Life center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
SalemRecycles Free Book Swap returns to the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street on Saturday, September 20th from 10:00am-1:00pm! Swapping isn’t necessary — you may donate, take away, or both.
In addition to books, the swap accepts CDs, DVDs, records (all in original cases, please), plus puzzles and greeting cards. All items must be clean, dry, and mildew free. Sorry, no magazines or VHS and cassette tapes.

TO DONATE, please drop off at the Community Life Center on Friday, September 19th from 4:00-7:00pm, or Saturday, September 20th from 9:00am-noon.
All leftover materials will be donated or recycled.

TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FOUR TerraCycle categories of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** Swiffers: All used, dried Swiffer pads.
** Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, & floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles (with cap on) into curbside recycling carts.

VOLUNTEERS: Click here to sign up.

More information: salemrecycles@gmail.com.

E-Waste Recycling Event
2025-09-27 08:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-13 08:00 - 12:00 | Salem High School, 77 Willson Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.
$40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.
All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.
If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local Buy Nothing pages or other swap groups.
2025 E-Waste Flyer

Repair Café and TerraCycle Collection
2025-11-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Community Life center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Don’t throw away your broken item – bring it to the Repair Café! SalemRecycles will be hosting a Repair Café on Saturday, November 8 from 9am-12 noon at the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street. Appointments are required and walk-ins will not be accepted. Pre-registration is required via link, stay tuned for updates or email salemrecycles@gmail.com.
Repair volunteers at this event will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, and tinker with or rewire electronics and lamps. Please keep in mind these services may change as we confirm volunteers. We hope to see you at this fun event where you can learn how to fix things and reduce your waste!
TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FOUR TerraCycle brigades of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** Swiffers: All used, dried Swiffer pads.
** Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, & floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles with cap on into curbside recycling carts.

Textile Drive and TerraCycle collection
2025-11-22 08:00 - 13:00 | Salem High School, 77 Willson Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Get ready for SalemRecycles’ annual fall event! We’ll collect clothing and household textiles in any condition, as well as TerraCycle items for recycling. Look for SalemRecycles volunteers and the Helpsy truck on:

Saturday, November 22 from 8:00AM – 1:00PM
Salem High School, 77 Willson St Salem, MA (new location!)

TEXTILE DROP OFF — clothing, sneakers, shoes, boots, slippers, belts, ties, purses, stuffed animals, comforters, sheets, blankets, table linens, and curtains.
ANY CONDITION — as long as clean, dry, odor-free. Can be new and reusable, old and moth-eaten, stained, torn or damaged, broken belt, single sock or shoe.
PLEASE, NO — fabric scraps, carpet, rugs, pillows, bric-a-brac, oil rags, wet or mildewed items.
Click here for more details.

TERRACYCLE — TerraCycle recycles many items that cannot be recycled curbside, and would otherwise end up as trash. The 5 programs we collect are Swiffers, Razors, Oral Care, Burt’s Bees, and Brita. Details are at https://greensalem.com/programs/terracycle-recycling/. Please keep each category separate when you drop off.

For more info, please contact Waste Reduction Coordinator Alisa Cherkasova at acherkasova@salem.com or 978-619-5672.

Styrofoam (and String Light) Collection Event
2026-01-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Beverly High School, 100 Sohier Rd., Beverly, MA, United States
Styrofoam Recycling Event – Save Your Styrofoam!
Saturday, January 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Salem and Beverly partner once again to host Styrofoam Collection Day on Saturday, January 10, 2026, from 10:00am – 1:00pm. Hold on to your foam, as Save That Stuff will collect it to recycle! This is a drive-through event at the Beverly High School, 100 Sohier Rd, MA. Residents of Salem and Beverly may participate.
There will also be pre-event drop-off available at the Beverly Public Library on Friday, January 9, 9am-5pm.
Please bring only rigid, white, expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam), the kind that crumbles into little pellets. No squishy foam, packaging peanuts, or food service containers, such as meat trays, clamshells, or Styrofoam cups can be accepted. While Styrofoam cannot be recycled curbside, Save That Stuff has densifiers that can process the material for recycling. We’re excited to offer residents a way to sustainably dispose of their Styrofoam!
NEW: For the January 2026 event, we will also be accepting broken string lights and extension cords for recycling.
VOLUNTEERS needed for two shifts, 10:00-11:30AM and 11:30-1:15. Please reach out to Alisa at acherkasova@salem.com to sign up!
For more info contact: Alisa Cherkasova at acherkasova@salem.com or (978) 619-5672 or 978-594-3938

Repair Cafe and TerraCycle Collection
2026-02-07 09:00 - 12:00
Don’t throw away your broken item – bring it to the Repair Café! Zero Waste Salem will be hosting a Repair Café on Saturday, February 7 from 9am-12 noon at the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street. Appointments are required and walk-ins will not be accepted. Pre-registration is required via link here: https://forms.gle/BEbJvJ6ND513eQtS8 or email zerowastesalemma@gmail.com. More info at https://www.facebook.com/share/172Af6QWpN
Repair volunteers at this event will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, and tinker with or rewire electronics and lamps. Please keep in mind these services may change as we confirm volunteers. We hope to see you at this fun event where you can learn how to fix things and reduce your waste!
TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FIVE TerraCycle brigades of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** Swiffers: All used, dried Swiffer pads.
** Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, & floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.
**Burt’s Bees – Burt’s Bees lip balm, tinted lip care, and lip treatment packaging; Burt’s Bees tubes, caps, wands, bottles, and pumps; outer packaging for Burt’s Bees towelettes and sheet mask; Burt’s Bees plastic compacts.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles with cap on into curbside recycling carts.

Zero Waste Salem Free Book Swap and TerraCycle Collection
2026-03-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Community Life center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Zero Waste Salem Free Book Swap returns to the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street on Saturday, March 21 from 10:00am-1:00pm! Swapping isn’t necessary — you may donate, take away, or both.
We accept ONLY books, CDs, DVDs, records (all in original cases, please), plus puzzles and greeting cards. We are also accepting bags (paper, plastic, grocery, cloth) for swapping.
All items must be clean, dry, and mildew free.

TO DONATE, please drop off at the Community Life Center on Friday, March 20 from 4:00-7:00pm, or Saturday, March 21 from 9:00am-noon. Remaining items will be donated.

Please understand that our volunteers will have to sort through and trash anything except the accepted items. Please respect volunteers’ time and health and
DO NOT bring magazines, VHS, old/mildewed/outdated books, home CDs, binders, and cassette tapes.

TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FIVE TerraCycle categories of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** Swiffers: All used, dried Swiffer pads.
** Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, & floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.
**Burt’s Bees empty product containers and packaging

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles (with cap on) into curbside recycling carts.

VOLUNTEERS, Please reach out to zerowastesalemma@gmail.com to sign up.

E-Waste Recycling Event
2026-03-28 08:00 - 12:00 | Salem High School, 77 Willson Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Please be aware that due to an event at the High School, the E-Waste drive-through will be positioned in front of Horace Mann School for 3/28/26. Residents attending E-Waste will be directed to take the first left after turning in toward Salem High School.
$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.
$40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.
All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.
If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local Buy Nothing pages or other swap groups.
2026 E-Waste Flyer

Repair Cafe and TerraCycle Collection
2026-05-16 09:00 - 12:00
Don’t throw away your broken item – bring it to the Repair Café! Zero Waste Salem will be hosting a Repair Café on Saturday, May 16 from 9am-12 noon at the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street. Appointments are required and walk-ins will not be accepted. Pre-registration is required via link (stay tuned for updates) or email zerowastesalemma@gmail.com.
Repair volunteers at this event will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, and tinker with or rewire electronics and lamps. Please keep in mind these services may change as we confirm volunteers. We hope to see you at this fun event where you can learn how to fix things and reduce your waste!
TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FIVE TerraCycle brigades of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** Swiffers: All used, dried Swiffer pads.
** Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, & floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.
**Burt’s Bees – Burt’s Bees lip balm, tinted lip care, and lip treatment packaging; Burt’s Bees tubes, caps, wands, bottles, and pumps; outer packaging for Burt’s Bees towelettes and sheet mask; Burt’s Bees plastic compacts.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles with cap on into curbside recycling carts.

Swap 'N' Drop at Salem Common
2026-06-06 09:30 - 13:00 | Salem Common, Salem Common, Salem, 01970
Scheduled date: June 6 – Rain date: June 13, please check here for any updates.

This is a fun, free opportunity to swap or donate usable clothing and household items, keeping them from the waste stream.

SWAP or simply DROP OFF:

Small household appliances in good working condition (can include microwaves, coffee makers, toasters, lamps, etc.)
Accent furniture (end tables, coffee tables, chairs, desks)
Home decor (artwork, vases, knick-knacks, collectibles)
Kitchen items (dishes, pots/pans, glassware, utensils)
Women’s, men’s, & children’s clothing and accessories

Drop off donations 9:30-12:30. Choose items any time 10-1.

* All un-swapped items will be collected by ReSupply. Items will then be donated or re-sold.

PLEASE, NO damaged/unusable textiles at this event. Instead, bring non-reusable textiles to any of the textile recovery bins located in all Salem Public School parking lots.

VOLUNTEERS, we can’t do it without your help, please email acherkasova@salem.com or zerowastesalemma@gmail.com to sign up.

Styrofoam Collection Event
2026-06-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Community Life center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Styrofoam Recycling Event – Save Your Styrofoam!
Saturday, June 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Community Life Center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA
Salem and Beverly partner once again to host Styrofoam Collection Day on Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 10:00am – 1:00pm. Hold on to your foam, as Casella (formerly Save that Stuff) will collect it to recycle! This is a drive-through event at the Community Life Center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA. Residents of Salem and Beverly may participate.
Please bring only rigid, white, expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam). No packaging peanuts or food service containers, such as meat trays, clamshells, or Styrofoam cups can be accepted. While Styrofoam cannot be recycled curbside, Casella has densifiers that can process the material for recycling. We’re excited to offer residents a way to sustainably dispose of their Styrofoam!
VOLUNTEERS needed for two shifts, 10:00-11:30AM and 11:30-1:15.
To volunteer, or for more info, contact: Alisa Cherkasova at acherkasova@salem.com or (978) 619-5672 or 978-594-3938

E-Waste Recycling Event
2026-06-27 08:00 - 12:00, 2026-09-26 08:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-12 08:00 - 12:00 | Salem High School, 77 Willson Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
$20 cash or check, per unit: TVs, Monitors, Microwaves, dehumidifiers, ACs, vacuum cleaners.
$40 cash or check, per unit: Refrigerators, Exercise Equipment, battery-powered lawn equipment, free-standing electronic devices such as fireplaces, heaters, air hockey tables, etc.
All Other Electronic Items: FREE Including: Computer towers, laptops, tablets, cellphones, small appliances, household electronics including phones, printers, fax machines, cd players, etc.
If your item is still in good working condition, consider donating it via one of the local Buy Nothing pages or other swap groups.
2026 E-Waste Flyer

Zero Waste Salem Free Book Swap and TerraCycle Collection
2026-09-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Community Life center, 401 Bridge St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Zero Waste Salem Free Book Swap returns to the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street on Saturday, September 19 from 10:00am-1:00pm! Swapping isn’t necessary — you may donate, take away, or both.
We accept ONLY books, CDs, DVDs, records (all in original cases, please), plus puzzles and greeting cards. We are also accepting bags (paper, plastic, grocery, cloth) for swapping.
All items must be clean, dry, and mildew free.

TO DONATE, please drop off at the Community Life Center on Friday, September 18 from 4:00-7:00pm, or Saturday, September 19 from 9:00am-noon. Remaining items will be donated.

Please understand that our volunteers will have to sort through and trash anything except the accepted items. Please respect volunteers’ time and health and
DO NOT bring magazines, VHS, old/mildewed/outdated books, home CDs, binders, and cassette tapes.

TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FIVE TerraCycle categories of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** Swiffers: All used, dried Swiffer pads.
** Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, & floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.
**Burt’s Bees empty product containers and packaging

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles (with cap on) into curbside recycling carts.

VOLUNTEERS, Please reach out to zerowastesalemma@gmail.com to sign up.

Repair Cafe and TerraCycle Collection
2026-11-07 09:00 - 12:00
Don’t throw away your broken item – bring it to the Repair Café! Zero Waste Salem will be hosting a Repair Café on Saturday, November 7 from 9am-12 noon at the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street. Appointments are required and walk-ins will not be accepted. Pre-registration is required via link (stay tuned for updates) or email zerowastesalemma@gmail.com.
Repair volunteers at this event will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, and tinker with or rewire electronics and lamps. Please keep in mind these services may change as we confirm volunteers. We hope to see you at this fun event where you can learn how to fix things and reduce your waste!
TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FIVE TerraCycle brigades of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** Swiffers: All used, dried Swiffer pads.
** Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, & floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.
**Burt’s Bees – Burt’s Bees lip balm, tinted lip care, and lip treatment packaging; Burt’s Bees tubes, caps, wands, bottles, and pumps; outer packaging for Burt’s Bees towelettes and sheet mask; Burt’s Bees plastic compacts.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles with cap on into curbside recycling carts.
