Cardboard Recycling in Massachusetts

5 locations in 5 cities.

Drop-offs and recyclers that take cardboard boxes and paper, including bulk commercial loads. Hours, fees, and accepted items change, so confirm with the facility before you go.

Cardboard Recycling by city

E.L. Harvey Fitchburg Facility

50 Arbor Way

508-836-3000

Mon to Fri 7 am to 4:30 pm; closed Sat and Sun

E.L. Harvey runs its Fitchburg site at 50 Arbor Way as one of two facilities with public scale services, the other in Westborough. Haulers, contractors, builders, landscapers, and the general public weigh in loads of municipal solid waste, construction and demolition material, shingles, metals, wood, cardboard, and single stream recyclables. The site opens Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and closes weekends. E.L. Harvey also runs residential and commercial collection in dozens of Massachusetts towns, plus dumpster rental, bulk pickup, and mobile shredding.

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Conigliaro Industries

701 Waverly St

(508) 872-9668

Mon to Fri 7:00AM to 4:30PM

Difficult waste is the specialty at Conigliaro Industries, a family-owned recycler in Framingham that started in 1990 and now runs an 88,000-square-foot material recovery facility. The plant handles about 150 materials, including rigid plastics #1 through #7, EPS and other foam plastics, plastic film, mixed glass and lab glassware, mattresses, office cubicles, roofing shingles, concrete and brick, clean wood, and industrial scrap. Customers include industrial, institutional, and municipal accounts and contractors across New England, plus homeowners clearing out a house. Homeowners can load a vehicle and use the Fountain Street drop-off center, or order container service, live load pickup, or loading and removal. The accepted list changes week to week with commodity markets.

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Newton Resource Recovery Center

115 Rumford Ave

(617) 796-1000

Mon-Sat 7:00 AM-2:30 PM (fall hours, Sep 28-Oct 31); closed Sundays and holidays

Newton's Resource Recovery Center sits at 115 Rumford Ave in Auburndale and serves Newton residents only, including homes without curbside service. It takes single stream recycling, large appliances, electronics, mattresses, and scrap metal, and hosts a seasonal latex paint exchange and a November 14, 2026 shredding and drug take-back day. Newton businesses can drop off only cardboard and single stream recycling.

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WIN Waste Billerica

7 Republic Road, North Billerica, MA 01862

(866) 946-9278

Mon-Fri 5:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. · Sat 5:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. · Sun Closed

4.2 (28 reviews)

WIN Waste Billerica is a transfer station and materials recovery site that focuses on recycling and transferring commercial single stream recycling. It sorts and recycles materials such as paper, cardboard, and plastics for reuse in new products, helping conserve natural resources.

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Stoughton Recycling Center

100 Page St

781-341-1300

Saturdays 8am-4pm

The Stoughton Recycling Center at 100 Page Street is the town's Saturday drop-off for residents, open 8 AM to 4 PM with proof of Stoughton residency required. It takes metals including appliances, cardboard, paper and newspaper, plastics, aluminum cans, grass clippings, and leaves. Furniture and TVs are turned away. The center backs up the town's weekly single-stream curbside collection, which started in April 2025.

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