Recycling in Lowell, MA
Lowell sends residents to UTEC, a Lowell nonprofit, for paid curbside mattress and box spring pickup (weekly on Wednesdays) and to WM for unusable bulky items. The city holds two fee-based household hazardous waste days a year.
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- The city's 2022 waste guide lists paints and solvents among the items taken at Household Hazardous Waste Day. (City of Lowell: Managing Waste in Lowell (2022 solid waste and recycling guide) (opens in new tab))
- The city's 2022 waste guide lists batteries among the items taken at Household Hazardous Waste Day. (City of Lowell: Managing Waste in Lowell (2022 solid waste and recycling guide) (opens in new tab))
What are you getting rid of?
Services for Lowell residents
- Lowell Household Hazardous Waste DaysLowell
- UTEC Mattress Recycling curbside pickupMassachusetts
Where this information comes from (10)
Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- City of Lowell: Hazardous Waste Day (opens in new tab) · City of Lowell Solid Waste & Recycling Office
- The City of Lowell holds two household hazardous waste days in 2026: Saturday, April 4 and Saturday, November 7, 9 a.m. to noon. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Each event is limited to 120 visitors and one car per family/household/address; walk-ins are taken on the day. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Unsorted household hazardous waste costs $95 per load (25 lbs or 25 gal), $60 per half-load (10 lbs or 10 gal) and $43 per small load (3 lbs or 3 gal). Checked October 26, 2026.
- City of Lowell: Managing Waste in Lowell (2022 solid waste and recycling guide) (opens in new tab) · City of Lowell Solid Waste & Recycling Office
- The city's 2022 waste guide lists paints and solvents among the items taken at Household Hazardous Waste Day. Checked October 25, 2026 (automated check) · not yet confirmed.
- The city's 2022 waste guide lists batteries among the items taken at Household Hazardous Waste Day. Checked October 25, 2026 (automated check) · not yet confirmed.
- UTEC: Mattress Recycling (opens in new tab) · UTEC, Inc.
- UTEC provides municipal mattress recycling services for listed cities and towns including Andover, Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell and Methuen. Checked October 26, 2026.
- UTEC recycles used mattresses and box springs through a curbside pickup service. Checked October 26, 2026.
- UTEC picks up only standard mattresses and box springs, not couches, futons or appliances. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Residential curbside pickups are limited to 8 pieces per pickup. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Place mattresses curbside or within sight of the street by 7 a.m. on the pickup day; crews will not enter homes. Checked October 26, 2026.
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