Recycling Centers in Massachusetts
373 recycling locations in 174 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Massachusetts at a glance: 275 recycling centers, 36 scrap yards, 24 electronics recyclers, 18 transfer stations, 16 bottle and can redemption centers. The state pays a bottle deposit of 5¢ per container.
Top cities for recycling in Massachusetts
- Worcester16 locations
- Boston14 locations
- Brockton10 locations
- Everett8 locations
- New Bedford7 locations
- Taunton7 locations
- Springfield6 locations
- Waltham6 locations
- Peabody6 locations
- Leominster6 locations
- Woburn6 locations
- Stoughton6 locations
- Lowell5 locations
- Lynn5 locations
- Lawrence5 locations
- Framingham5 locations
- Holliston5 locations
- Fall River4 locations
- Attleboro4 locations
- Pittsfield4 locations
- Fitchburg4 locations
- Mansfield4 locations
- Newburyport4 locations
- Westport4 locations
All Massachusetts cities
- Abington 3
- Acton 1
- Adams 1
- Agawam 2
- Amesbury 3
- Amherst 1
- Assonet 2
- Athol 1
- Attleboro 4
- Auburn 1
- Auburndale 3
- Avon 2
- Ayer 1
- Bedford 1
- Bellingham 1
- Berkley 1
- Beverly 3
- Billerica 1
- Bolton 1
- Boston 14
- Bourne 1
- Boxborough 2
- Braintree 2
- Brewster 1
- Bridgewater 2
- Brockton 10
- Buzzards Bay 1
- Cambridge 2
- Canton 2
- Charlestown 1
- Charlton 2
- Chatham 1
- Chelmsford 2
- Chestnut Hill 1
- Chicopee 3
- Clinton 3
- Cohasset 1
- Danvers 1
- Dedham 1
- Dracut 1
- Dunstable 1
- East Bridgewater 2
- East Falmouth 2
- East Freetown 1
- East Longmeadow 1
- East Taunton 1
- Everett 8
- Fall River 4
- Falmouth 1
- Fitchburg 4
- Florida 1
- Framingham 5
- Franklin 2
- Freetown 1
- Gardner 2
- Georgetown 2
- Gloucester 2
- Greenfield 1
- Groveland 1
- Halifax 1
- Hanover 2
- Hanson 1
- Hatchville 1
- Haverhill 2
- Holbrook 1
- Holliston 5
- Holyoke 1
- Hudson 1
- Hyannis 1
- Hyde Park 2
- Ipswich 2
- Kingston 1
- Lakeville 3
- Lawrence 5
- Leeds 1
- Leicester 1
- Leominster 6
- Lowell 5
- Ludlow 1
- Lynn 5
- Mansfield 4
- Marlborough 3
- Marshfield 1
- Marstons Mills 1
- Mashpee 1
- Medfield 1
- Medford 1
- Medway 2
- Melrose 1
- Merrimac 1
- Methuen 2
- Middleborough 1
- Milford 2
- Millbury 1
- Millville 1
- Montague 1
- Nantucket 3
- Needham 3
- New Bedford 7
- New Braintree 1
- Newburyport 4
- New Salem 1
- Newton 1
- Newton Upper Falls 1
- North Adams 1
- Northampton 2
- North Andover 3
- North Attleboro 2
- North Billerica 2
- Northborough 2
- North Brookfield 2
- North Chelmsford 1
- Northfield 1
- Norton 1
- Norwell 1
- Orange 2
- Orleans 2
- Oxford 1
- Palmer 1
- Peabody 6
- Pembroke 1
- Pittsfield 4
- Plainville 2
- Plymouth 1
- Pocasset 1
- Randolph 1
- Raynham 3
- Rehoboth 3
- Revere 2
- Roslindale 1
- Rowley 1
- Roxbury 1
- Salem 3
- Seekonk 3
- Shirley 1
- Somerville 2
- South Boston 1
- South Dennis 1
- South Hadley 1
- Springfield 6
- Stoughton 6
- Stoughton, Ma 1
- Sturbridge 1
- Sutton 1
- Swampscott 1
- Taunton 7
- Tewksbury 1
- Townsend 1
- Truro 1
- Wakefield 3
- Walpole 1
- Waltham 6
- Ware 1
- Wareham 2
- Watertown 1
- Wayland 1
- Webster 1
- Wellesley 1
- Wellfleet 1
- Westborough 1
- West Boylston 1
- West Bridgewater 4
- West Hatfield 1
- Westport 4
- West Springfield 1
- West Wareham 1
- Weymouth 2
- Whitman 1
- Wilbraham 1
- Wilmington 3
- Winchendon 1
- Winchester 1
- Woburn 6
- Worcester 16
Massachusetts recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Massachusetts?
We list 373 recycling locations across 174 cities in Massachusetts, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Worcester has the most, with 16.
Does Massachusetts pay for cans and bottles?
Yes. Massachusetts has a beverage container deposit law: 5¢ per container. You get the deposit back when you return eligible containers to a redemption center or participating retailer. Rules about which containers qualify and how many you can return at once vary, so check with the center first.