How to get rid of scrap metal in Massachusetts

Statewide metal ban

MassDEP lists ferrous and non-ferrous metals among materials banned from disposal or transfer for disposal. Separate white goods (large appliances) from loose scrap when the town requires it, especially Freon units.

Source: MassDEP Waste Disposal Bans.

Town pages with scrap metal notes

• Attleboro - Metal, electronics, large appliances: No charge if in trash program
• Barnstable - Bulk metal appliances / white goods: $10
• Brewster - Scrap metal: $100 per ton ($2 minimum)
• Carver - Shared facility: Yard debris / light metal at Municipal Maintenance: 2nd and 4th Saturday each month, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (per FAQ)
• Chatham - Metal load: $65 per ton ($5 minimum)
• Dartmouth - Non-Freon appliance / scrap metal: Free in scrap metal
• Eastham - Scrap metal: Included with sticker or no-sticker entry fee (per brochure recycling list)
• Falmouth - Scrap metal: Free with sticker
• Framingham - Metal items and white goods (non-freon): No charge
• Greenfield - TVs/monitors per table; scrap metal free.
• Harwich - Metal: $60 per ton
• Kingston - Scrap metal / metal furniture / grills / lawn mowers / bicycles: Scrap metal container (no separate dollar fee listed on FY27 rates table)
• Middleborough - Leaves, grass clippings, hay, manure, cat litter, concrete/cement pieces (no metal posts), blacktop: Accepted with permit (visit not punched)
• Northampton - Paper/cardboard, containers, scrap metal under 20 lb (rules apply), food compost, vegetable oil (limit 2 gal), motor oil/gas (under 2 gal labeled): Included with Locust Street permit
• Orleans - Sheet metal / metal parts: $60 per ton ($10 minimum / 500 lb)
• Taunton - Metal (mowers, grills, microwaves, bikes): $8
• Wareham - Yard debris / light metal at Municipal Maintenance: 2nd and 4th Saturday each month, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (per FAQ)
• Worcester - Most bulk items (appliances, furniture, TVs, tires, metals, etc.): $5 each

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