Tomorrow (Saturday August 2) is the fourth weekend of the Special Curbside Barrel Collection Event! This is the date for those on the Thursday trash route.
A special curbside collection event for residentโs existing trash and recycling containers is occurring this July and August on Saturdays. Republic Services will pick up your existing old containers free of charge.
Monday’s trash route was picked up on July 12, Tuesdayโs trash route was picked up on July 19 and Wednesdays trash route was picked up on July 26. See the map below for tomorrow’s scheduled special collection.
The dates for the remaining special collection are below:
โข August 2 – Thursday trash route
โข August 9 – Friday trash route
To find out more about our new rubbish and recycling carts click the link here: https://www.readingma.gov/…/New-Rubbish-and-Recycling…
Old containers are also great to keep and use for storage, or use them to hold indoor recycling to transfer to your new outdoor bin.
If you have any questions, call the DPW office at 781-439-6930 or open a SeeClickFix request.


