[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Town of Boxford as Regulation 2-91; amended in its entirety
July 2018. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Health for the Town of Boxford, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, acting under the authority of MGL c. 111, § 31,
as amended, hereby supplements the provisions of 105 CMR 410.000:
the State Sanitary Code, Chapter II, Minimum Standards of Fitness
for Human Habitation; and 310 CMR 19.000: Solid Waste Management Regulations,
in the interest of and for the protection of public health and environment,
and establishes and adopts the following rules and regulations concerning
the disposal of solid waste in the Town of Boxford.
When used in this regulation or in communications, notices,
orders or other references relative thereto, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them below and shall apply
in the interpretation and enforcement of this regulation:
Discarded materials produced from the raising of plants and
animals, including, without limitation, animal manure, bedding, plant
stalks and other vegetative matter.
Scheduled times when solid waste and recyclables will be
collected at the roadside in approved containers by a waste collection
company contracted by the Town of Boxford through the Board of Health.
The Boxford recycling center accepts wastes that are not
accepted as solid waste or recyclables for curbside collection. The
recycling center is open on weekends, and the hours of operation and
list of accepted items are posted on the Town of Boxford website.
Items that may be delivered to the recycling center include large
metals items, special waste, bulky household items, button batteries,
waste oil, and unshredded tires.
Animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and serving of foods.
Any waste that is defined and regulated under 310 CMR 30.00,
the Hazardous Waste Regulations, as may be amended. Household hazardous
waste is collected annually. The collection date is posted on the
Town of Boxford website.
If scheduled by the Board of Health, specific days when large
metal items are collected at the roadside by a waste collection company
contracted by the Town of Boxford through the Board of Health.
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Examples of Items Allowed
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Examples of Items Not Allowed
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Metal bike frames
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Refrigerators*
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Stoves
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Air conditioners*
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Metal furniture
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Dehumidifiers, etc, still containing freon*
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Metal desks
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Items longer than six feet
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Broken-down metal swing sets
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Items containing less than 80% metal
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Metal piping (cut down to four-foot pieces)
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Tanks or containers containing hazardous materials
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Lawn mowers (no ride-on mowers; all fluids must be drained and
gas tanks removed)
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Chain-link fences
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White goods items: stove, water heater, washer, dryer (no freon
items)
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Metal frames for lawn furniture
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Metal bed frames
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Grills (no gas canisters allowed)
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Items containing freon will not be accepted due to new DEP regulations
and guidelines that our provider has to strictly adhere to.
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Deciduous and coniferous seasonal deposition, grass clippings,
weeds, hedge clippings, garden materials and brush.
Materials that have the potential to be reused or recycled
and that are not contaminated by significant amounts of waste such
as No. 6 newspaper (which may contain small quantities of magazines,
paperboard containers, paper bags, junk mail and a normal percentage
of phone books) metal, glass, rigid Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 single-polymer
plastics and other items that may be added from time to time. Residents
will be notified annually on the specific recyclables allowed for
curbside pickup by the Town's waste collection company.
A designated and dedicated area located in the closed landfill
area where Boxford residents may dispose of recyclable materials such
as construction and demolition materials, tires, appliances and white
goods, including Freon-containing appliances, cardboard, electronic
devices and materials, gas cylinders, and other items as allowed by
the Board of Health. Fees may be charged for such items.
Useless, unwanted or discarded solid, liquid or contained
gaseous material, resulting from municipal or household activities,
that is abandoned by being disposed or incinerated, or is stored,
treated or transferred pending such disposal, not including any hazardous
waste or special wastes.
A solid waste that requires special handling (i.e., demolition
material) or disposal techniques or methodologies to protect public
health or safety or the environment.
A continuous solid or pneumatic rubber covering encircling
the wheel of a motor vehicle.
An appliance employing electricity, natural gas or liquefied
petroleum gas to supply heat or motive power to preserve or cook food,
to wash or dry, or to cool or heat air or water.
Board of Health designated recyclable materials shall not be
disposed of as trash. These shall include but not be limited to aluminum,
metal, glass, No. 6 newspapers and single-polymer plastics. Trash
containing such items shall be refused by the trash collection company.
No solvents, oils, volatile or combustible materials, pesticides,
herbicides, special wastes, or any other hazardous materials, including
but not limited to batteries, shall be disposed of as trash or recyclables.
In addition, the following materials shall be prohibited from disposal
as trash or recyclables: leaves and yard waste, agriculture waste,
white goods, and unshredded tires.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this regulation
for which a penalty is not otherwise provided shall, upon conviction,
be fined not less than $10 nor more than $500 per violation. Each
separate incident of failing to comply with this regulation shall
constitute a separate violation.
So far as the Board of Health may provide, each section of these
rules and regulations shall be construed as separate, to the end that,
if any section, item, sentence, clause or phrase shall be held invalid
for any reason, the remainder of these rules and regulations shall
continue in full force and effect.
Any person to whom an order has been served pursuant to this
regulation may request a hearing before the Board of Health by filing
a written petition within seven days. Upon receipt of such petition,
the Board of Health shall schedule a hearing within 30 days. Anyone
aggrieved by the decision of the Board of Health may seek relief therefrom
within 30 days in a court of competent jurisdiction.
This regulation shall take effect on July 1, 1991.
