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Welcome! Weymouth Public Schools has partnered with Bay State Textiles to host Textile Recycle Bins and generate funds WPS.

Massachusetts has added textiles to the waste bans, which means new state rules require textiles be kept out of the trash so they can be recycled or donated for use. Textiles should not be placed in your curbside recycling cart as they damage the sorting equipment at the recycling centers.

So you might ask, " if we don’t put textiles in the trash or our recycle bins, what are we supposed to do?"

WPS and Bay State Textiles are launching the Textile Recycling Corporate Citizen Initiative.

A Textile Recycling Corporate Citizen agrees to host one or more Bay State Textiles recycling bin(s) at their location that will benefit the Weymouth Public Schools.

Click Here for Letter from Mayor Robert Hedlund

Please use the buttons below to navigate information about the Textile Recycling Corporate Citizenship Initiative.

This flyer is available for printing and sharing

This flyer is available for printing and sharing

• Thank you for bagging and tying your textile contributions in a plastic bag to keep the items clean and dry.
• Please do not leave items outside of the bins.

Textile Recycle Flyer

All of the following can be donated in any condition

Bedding: Comforters, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Pillows, Blankets

Belts | Boots | Cleats | Coats | Curtains/Draperies | Dresses | Duffle Bags | Flip Flops

Gloves | Hats | Jackets | Jeans | Jerseys | Pajamas | Pants | Purses

Shirts | Scarves | Shoes | Shorts | Skirts | Slippers | Socks

Stuffed Animals | Suits | Sweaters | Sweatpants | Sweatshirts

Table Linens | Ties | Throw Rugs | Totes | Towels | T-Shirts | Undergarments/Bras

• Items stained with hazardous materials (gas/oil)
• Full size room carpets
• Mattresses
• Any kind of Foam

• Items are used for their intended purpose if quality allows
• Items are accepted in all levels of quality, including single shoes/socks, ripped items, etc. (Non-acceptable items include items stained with hazardous materials such as gas or oil, full size room carpets, any kind of foam, and mattresses)
• Damaged items become raw materials for new products (ie: sneakers become asphalt, jeans become insulation, stuffed animals become car seat stuffing, etc.)

In 2021:

• Weymouth disposed of 17,030 tons of trash at $73.18 per ton,
  spending $1,246,255.40 in disposal costs.

• Bay State Textile Recycling = 165,650 lbs (82.82+ tons),

• Disposal Costs Savings = $6,061.13 from participation of Textile Recycling
• WPS Earnings $8,282.50 from participation of Textile Recycling

WEYMOUTH:

Based on:

• 17,030 tons of total trash

• 81 lbs of textile disposal per person

• = 2,335 tons of textiles in trash in Weymouth for 2021

• Textiles in trash = 13.71%

• WPS/BST collected 82.82 tons of textiles in Weymouth for 2021

• = 3.55% of textiles are being captured

Weymouth Generates:

• 57,670 Residents

• 20,690 Households, 17,650 served by municipal trash program

• 81 lbs of discarded textiles per resident per year = 4,671,270 lbs/year (2,335 tons)

• 2,335 tons at $100/ton = $233,563 potential earnings

• $73.18 per ton on disposal costs = $170,875.30 potential savings

TRCCI based on 10% of resident participation:

• 10% of residents participating could generate:

• Earnings of $23,356

• Disposal Cost Savings of $17,087.53

• Prevent 233+ tons (466,000+ lbs) from entering the landfills

• Every year in the United States, 26 billion pounds of clothing, shoes and household linens end up at landfills or incinerators

• This is costing taxpayers 960 million dollars for annual disposal costs