Textile Ban and How to Recycle Textiles
Changes to Massachusetts Waste Bans
Textiles will be banned for disposal, meaning they can’t go in the trash cart. This means that textiles (includes clothing, linens, drapery, footwear, purses, belts and backpacks) don’t belong in the recycling cart or trash cart.
Textiles can be donated by: handing them down, using thrift or consignment stores, placing them in a donation textile box (if the box is full don’t leave bags outside the container) or calling an organization to have them picked up at your home.
The Town of Belmont is partnered with CMRK for collection of textiles through curbside collection and textile collection bins.
Textiles can’t be wet or moldy and can’t have hazardous materials on them, but can be ripped or stained. When textiles are donated—45% are reused and repurposed mostly as exports, 30% are converted into rags, 20% are used as fiber in home insulation and carpet padding. Only 5% ends up as waste.
Please, place only textiles in these bins. No electronics, furniture, toys, books, carriages.
There are donation boxes located around Town:
Grove street playground at the tennis courts
Waverley Square Municipal parking lot (Church St)
310 Trapelo Rd in the VFW parking lot
Claflin St parking lot (One on each side)
Belmont St next to Oakley Country Club
Or you can schedule a home pick-up by clicking the link below, or texting the numbers below
Text: "PICKUP" to 508-466-4590