Cardboard Recycling at Salem Transfer Station Updated Schedule During Winter Season

SALEM – Cardboard drop-off is available at the Salem Transfer Station, 12 Swampscott Road during the off-season every other Thursday from 7:30 am – 2:30 pm on the following dates: January 2nd, 16^th & 30^th. February 13^th, & 27^th. March 13^th, & 27^th, and April 10th. The transfer station will open for the 2025 season on April 12^th when yard waste can be brought here again.

“We encourage those who are able to collapse and add their cardboard to their recycling toter for curbside collection, but if you have excess cardboard or are not part of the City’s curbside collection program, this free service should hopefully be helpful to you.” said Mayor Dominick Pangallo.

To ensure that the cardboard recycling program at the transfer station is successful, it is imperative that only clean, dry cardboard is brought to this location. Cardboard must also be flattened. If the cardboard boxes can be reused, please bring them to U-Haul Moving & Storage at 43 Jefferson Ave as they offer a “take a box, leave a box” reuse program.

Please visit https://www.salemma.gov/recycling-and-trash/pages/transfer-station-yard-waste-and-cardboard-recycling-only for additional transfer station updates.