If you are currently a quarterly paying fee customer, please contact DPW to have your cart switched to the 32-gallon size. You will no longer need to pay the quarterly fee, instead you will only pay for the bags that you need.

Simply buy Yellow Middleborough-approved bags at retail stores throughout the Town, and dispose of your trash in these bags as you normally would. Only the trash you put in these bags will be accepted.

No. Middleborough encourages residents to recycle as much as they can. The more you recycle, the fewer bags you will need to purchase and the more money you save. Learn more at RecycleSmartMA.org Additional recycling carts may be obtained for a $50/each deposit, please contact DPW.

In general, Middleborough’s Option Green program may bring municipal, residential, and environmental benefits. • Middleborough benefits from savings in reduced tipping fees and possibly from earnings from recycling revenue. • Residents may benefit in a number of ways. – The program is more equitable. With the quarterly fee option, every household, regardless of size, pays the same fee. With Option Green, people who generate less trash would pay less by using fewer bags. It reminds people to recycle more. – The more a community can recycle, the greater the chances of increasing its job opportunities in the recycling/reuse industries. – With the choice of how much they want to recycle, residents now have more control of their trash bills. • Environmental benefits come from a slowdown in the growth of landfill space, as well as reduced greenhouse gas emissions and water and soil contamination.

If large families buy more than smaller families, they will have more to throw away and will have to buy more trash bags. This program gives them a chance and an incentive to lower their costs by recycling everything they can.

“PAYT” stands for Pay-As-You-Throw. The Pay-As-You-Throw system is one in which residents pay a basic fee to cover the fixed costs of trash management and also a user fee for the amount used—much like the way we use and pay for electricity, water, or gas.

Middleborough’s single-family homes and multi-family dwellings that include up to three units can participate in Middleborough’s curbside program; larger dwellings do not participate.

Contact WasteZero Customer Service at 1-800-866-3954 for a replacement bag. When calling, please provide the 7-9 digit code stamped on the bag.