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 call the Chatham Health Division, 508-945-5165, or the Chatham Transfer Station 508-945-5156.

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

Water Bottle Refill Stations Available Around Chatham:

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...
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...