Chatham Recycles

Mission Statement:

Chatham Recycles is a volunteer-driven educational program designed to encourage residents, visitors and businesses to reduce their trash output and increase their recycling efforts. By recycling, Chathamites can limit the amount of trash going into incinerators and landfills, help conserve natural resources and contribute to Chatham's reputation as a forward-thinking and environmentally conscious community.

More Information:

Whether you are a business, a year-round resident or are simply visiting our community on Cape Cod, we ask that you do the right thing and start recycling today! The Recycling Center can be found at the Transfer Station at 97 Sam Ryder Road. For a map and directions, please click here.

Our chief goal at ChathamRecycles is to encourage residents, businesses and visitors to this Cape Cod community to "reduce, re-use and recycle". To that end, if we can be of any service, please do not hesitate to contact us.

If you have a specific question, you might find it already answered on our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.

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Chatham Recycles Columns

Can Reducing our Garbage Help our Climate?

In a word, yes! Greenhouse gases - which warm our atmosphere, make glaciers melt and contribute to extreme weather conditions - are reduced when we cut down on garbage by practicing the 3 R's - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Read on...
What about E-Waste?

When it comes to computers (as well as TV's and many other appliances) while recycling is always a better option than simply throwing it away, did you know that there is an even more environmentally-friendly way to get rid of that old box of junk? Read on...
Tap Vs. Bottled

Glug, glug, glug--that's the sound a ginormous number of us make as we sip bottled water in our cars, at the gym, behind our desks, etc. Read on...
Why don't some people recycle?

Chatham Recycles is the bi-monthly column that began running in the Cape Cod Chronicle in April 2007. Read on...
Water Bottle Refill Stations

ChathamRecycles is happy, proud and grateful to report that the three Water Bottle Refill Stations approved by Chatham residents at the May, 2019 Annual Town Meeting are now installed and operating! Read on...