Access to Recycling Programs and Services.
Boston Municipal Code § 7-13A.3
in effect7-13A.3 Access to Recycling Programs and Services.
(A) Owners shall provide to residents access to the recycling programs and services offered by the city to the extent herein required.
(B) Upon the Department’s or the Recycling Coordinator’s receipt of a request from a resident, the Recycling Coordinator shall notify the owner of its receipt thereof. An owner, within 30 days of receipt of the notice from the Recycling Coordinator, shall provide access to the recycling programs and services of the city by installing and maintaining an adequate number of recycling carts in a common area of the premises and within a reasonable proximity not to exceed 350 feet from a point of egress of a large residential building and as close as practicable to the current waste/trash removal dumpsters or containers for the large residential building; if an owner determines that the installation of recycling carts is impracticable, then the owner shall contact the Recycling Coordinator for generation and/or approval to supply residents with access through alternative measures including, but not limited to, providing a set out container to each unit in the large residential building. If the Recycling Coordinator is unable to generate and/or approve alternative measures as aforesaid, then the owner may seek an exemption pursuant to Subsection 7-13A.4.
(C) Nothing in this Section prohibits owners from supplying residents with set out containers.
(CBC 1985 7-13A.3; Ord. 2002 c. 1)
Source: City of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Municipal Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/boston/latest/boston_ma/0-0-0-4858Fetched: 11/8/2026