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April 9, 2025

April 12, 2025

April 17, 2025

5:30pm-7:30pm
Plastic People Film Screening
  • Jamaica Plan Branch of the Boston Public Library
    30 South Street
    Boston, MA 02130
  • Price:
    FREE
  • Downloads:

Join the City of Boston's Zero Waste Team and the Boston Public Library for a free showing of the 2024 award winning film Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics. The film will be followed by a discussion.

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Plastic People Film Screening

April 27, 2025

May 5, 2025

2:00pm-4:00pm
Textiles Untangled - West End
  • 151 Cambridge St
    Boston, MA 02114
  • Price:
    FREE

Textiles are everywhere! They’re In our clothing, furniture, toys and even computers! But what exactly are textiles made from? How far do clothes travel before we buy them?

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Textiles Untangled - West End

May 12, 2025

2:00pm-4:00pm
Circular Economy Collage
  • 151 Cambridge Street
    Boston, MA 02114
  • Price:
    FREE

One great way to reduce trash is to reduce consumption. Join Boston's Zero Waste Team as we think about how to shift attitudes around shopping to maximize natural resources and minimize waste and pollution.

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Circular Economy Collage

May 13, 2025

May 17, 2025

8:30am-12:00pm
Zero Waste Day Drop-Off
  • 400 Frontage Road
    Central DPW Facility
    Lower Roxbury, MA 02118
  • Price:
    FREE

Bring your household hazardous waste and certain waste ban items to a Zero Waste Day for safe disposal. 

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Zero Waste Day Drop-Off

June 28, 2025

8:30am-12:00pm
Zero Waste Day Drop-Off
  • 315 Gardner Street
    W. Roxbury DPW
    West Roxbury, MA 02132
  • Price:
    FREE

Bring your household hazardous waste and certain waste ban items to a Zero Waste Day for safe disposal. 

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Zero Waste Day Drop-Off

August 16, 2025

8:30am-12:00pm
Zero Waste Day Drop-Off
  • 315 Gardner Street
    W. Roxbury DPW
    West Roxbury, MA 02132
  • Price:
    FREE

Bring your household hazardous waste and certain waste ban items to a Zero Waste Day for safe disposal.

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Zero Waste Day Drop-Off

September 27, 2025

8:30am-12:00pm
Zero Waste Day Drop-Off
  • 400 Frontage Road
    Central DPW Facility
    Roxbury, MA 02118
  • Price:
    FREE

Bring your household hazardous waste and certain waste ban items to a Zero Waste Day for safe disposal.

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Zero Waste Day Drop-Off

October 25, 2025

8:30am-12:00pm
Zero Waste Pop-Up Drop-Off
  • 338 E Eagle St
    East Boston, MA 02128
  • Price:
    FREE

Bring your yard waste, e-waste, paint and motor oil, household chemicals, clothing & textiles and paper for shredding to a Zero Waste Pop-Up drop-off event! Visit our Zero Waste Day page to learn about other drop-off events.

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Zero Waste Pop-Up Drop-Off

December 6, 2025

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