Facilities & Fleet Management

Business Cardboard Collection

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Cardboard is collected weekly from businesses. Cardboard should be clean, flattened and consolidated by placing smaller boxes into larger boxes. Cardboard should be free of Styrofoam, plastic wrap, air pillows, paper, or other packaging.

The collection days are the following:

Monday – Downtown/West End
Tuesday – South End
Friday – North End

Place cardboard at the curb by 8:00 am and no earlier than 5:00 am on the day of collection. Participation eligibility requires a minimum of two (2) collections per month. The cardboard is collected by Capitol Waste Services. If your cardboard is missed, or you have questions about the pickup, please contact Capitol Waste Services at (617) 569-1718.

If your business would like to participate in the City’s Business Cardboard Collection Program, please email TrashAndRecycling@newbedford-ma.gov.

Holidays that alter the Business Cardboard Collection day:

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Presidents Day
• Patriots’ Day
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth
• Independence Day – 4^th of July
• Labor Day
• Columbus Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

*If one of the above holidays is on a Monday, the Monday and Tuesday collections are delayed by one day. If one of the above holidays is on a Tuesday, the Tuesday collection is delayed by one day. In both of those cases, the Friday collection remains on Friday.

*If the holiday is on a Friday, the business cardboard is delayed by one day and will be collected on the Saturday after the holiday.

See Rules and Regulations for more detailed information.

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