Plainville Recycling Center

Plainville Recycling Center is the town’s local recycling drop-off on George Street, used by residents bringing sorted recyclables and small loads from neighborhood cleanups. Most people swing by with bags of paper, cardboard, bottles and cans, or the odd curbside overflow that won’t fit in a bin.

Pull into the lot and look for a small entrance area with a scale and a check-in booth; vehicles commonly pause there to be directed. Recycling containers and sorting bays sit past the booth, with single-stream items separated into clearly labeled bins for things like paper, glass, metal and certain plastics. Massachusetts requires separation and has lists of banned items, so expect to be asked to keep hazardous or non-recyclable materials out of the loads. Weekends and spring cleanups tend to slow things down, so there can be a line of cars waiting to pull up to the scale.