Monday Recycling Route - Incomplete for Franklin, MA

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April 27, 2026 Monday Recycling Route - Incomplete Update from Waste Management: "Due to a mechanical failure, today’s recycle route (Monday) was not completed. Affected areas are highlighted in BLUE on the attached map. These areas will be collected tomorrow. We apologize to the residents of Franklin for the inconvenience." View it on website

Trash & Recycling Update - 2/28/2026 for Franklin, MA

From DPW On Saturday

"Good morning!  Working with the Town Administrator and members of the Town Council, the following is planned to help folks that have been affected or will be affected by a trash and recycling missed pick-up or cancelled pick-up last week or this upcoming week caused by the Blizzard of 2026.

Free overflow bags (2) will be provided to residents who live in affected areas.  The affected areas are the Friday trash and recycling route and certain areas of the Monday route that could not be serviced.

To get these free overflow bags, come to the Franklin Public Works Administration Building at 257 Fisher Street with an ID.

Additionally, the Beaver Street Recycling Center will be open the following hours next week:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9AM to 2:30PM

Wednesday from 9AM to 6PM

This will allow the affected residents mentioned above to drop off trash or recycling if needed.  A sticker is not required, but please bring an ID."

Updated by Waste Management on Saturday:

Update from Waste Management, Saturday February 28th @ 8:30 pm: 

"Due to increased volume, there was approximately 30 minutes of Trash that remained uncollected on today’s route. Affected areas are highlighted in BLUE on the attached map. These areas will be serviced on Monday, March 2nd. Thank you for your continued patience during this challenging week."

Affected areas are highlighted in BLUE on the attached
map. These areas will be serviced on Monday, March 2

Trash pickup Friday will pickup that delayed from Wednesday with an extra truck

Update from Waste Management 1/1/26:

"Due to increased volume, Wednesday's trash collection remains incomplete. Due to the holiday, streets that were not collected on Wednesday 12/31/25 will be collected on Friday 1/2/26.  

An extra truck will be active on Friday, in order to attain completion. See maps below; affected areas are in BLUE and RED.

We apologize for this inconvenience to the residents of Franklin.

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/1ALbPJcWXx/

red streets affected

blue streets affected

Reminder: THANKSGIVING PIES READY FOR PICKUP ON TUESDAY, 11/25

Knights of Columbus Council 1847 – Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser

Thank you for participating in the 8th Annual Knights of Columbus Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser. We truly appreciate your continued support of our charitable efforts.

Thanksgiving is later this week, and our delicious pies from Lyman Orchards are almost ready!

Pie Pickup Information

📅 Tuesday, November 25th
⏰ 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Saint Mary's CCD Offices

Please remember to pick up your pie(s) during the scheduled pickup window on Tuesday, 11/25 at the CCD Office from 2 PM - 6 PM.

From all of us at Knights of Columbus Council 1847, Franklin, MA, we wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving

No scheduled Trash/Recycle delay next week due to the holiday Monday

No scheduled Trash/Recycle delay next week due to the holiday Monday

Did you misplay the mailer with the curbside schedule? You can get a copy from the Town Recycling/Solid Waste page -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1279/Waste-Management-Trash-and-Recycling-Collection-Services-2025-to-2026-PDF

Reminder: No Trash Delay Scheduled for Next Week due to holiday (week of Oct 14 - 18)

No Trash Delay Next Week

Curbside trash and recycling will be picked up on your regular day.

(October 14-18, 2024)

Shared from ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/no-trash-delay-next-week

If you need a new copy of the curbside flyer, you can download the PDF from the Town page ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/uploads/franklin_program_guide_2024-2025.pdf

No Trash Delay Scheduled for Next Week due to holiday

Where did the pink bags go?

The regular weekly pickup of the pink bags ended a while ago. Scheduling a pickup when you need to get rid of clothing and textile materials, is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

• Call Simply Recycling (call 866-835-5068), or visit their webpage to schedule a pickup https://simplerecycling.com/
• Put the clothing, etc. in any bag or container that a person can pick up easily
• Put it out on the day you scheduled

You'll receive email and or text reminders and instructions on how to put the materials out for pickup.

Where did the pink bags go?

When did the regular pick up program change? May 2022

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/05/dpw-notice-simply-recycling-program-to.html

You can watch the interview with Abigail Drake to get the backstory on textile recycling as well as info on Simply Recycling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjyjP8yZp2A

DPW shares Think Blue Massachusetts' advice: "Do your doody"

DPW shares Think Blue Massachusetts' advice: "Do your doody"

Shared from -> https://www.facebook.com/share/1ZBSsNpYScxrX8Nf/

Voices of Franklin: ECDC Pickup & arrival schedule changes

Proposed ECDC Arrival and Dismissal Procedure



Good Morning Lucas (Giguere), David (Callaghan), and Paula Marano),

I hope you all had a pleasant and relaxing holiday season.

Our son is currently enrolled at ECDC, so we received the email below this morning (Jan 4, 2024). I worked on developing solutions to drop off/pick up at ECDC while I was employed with the Town, so I fully appreciate the complications involved with developing a safe and efficient solution, however, what is being proposed in this email is not the answer, and quite frankly, exceptionally unsafe.

With respect to this issue, there are two competing interests at play; efficient vehicle queuing and pedestrian safety. The system that has been in place this year to this point results in occasional vehicle queuing issues (impacting convenience), however, it eliminates conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians, which in turn provides for significantly enhanced pedestrian safety. The system proposed in the email below does the exact opposite; it sacrifices pedestrian safety for a minor reduction in vehicle queuing complications. The proposed system does not follow any established guidelines or principles regarding pedestrian safety or school zone safety. There is no dedicated crosswalk in this area nor is there sidewalk along the west side of the building. These factors will result in unpredictable pedestrian crossings as pedestrians are not channelized to a specific pathways and crossing locations. In this situation, pedestrians will cross at the most convenient location for them, which is perpendicular to their own vehicle. This creates significant difficulties for drivers as crossings are unpredictable and can occur literally anywhere.

This system also creates hardships for numerous families with students at ECDC. I am confident in saying that multiple families with students at ECDC have more than one young child. The proposed system doesn’t allow for a second (or third plus) child to be safely left in their car seat while a student is dropped off. Under the current system, an individual parent now has to navigate an unprotected and unmarked pedestrian crossing with multiple children. I don’t feel an explanation as to why this is burdensome is needed, however, it doesn’t seems as if this was fully considered. Stating “Never Leave a child unattended in a vehicle” does not address the issue in a realistic fashion and is tone-deaf. A third child will be joining our family this spring, which further highlights the failures of the proposed system. Asking individual adults to wrangle three children across a parking lot is simply unrealistic, insensitive to the difficulty in doing such, and markedly unsafe. Additionally, many students are dropped off or picked up by grandparents who may have difficulty with a longer walk or struggle to safe cross the parking lot with multiple children. Bluntly, the proposed solution is counter to guidance laid out in the FHWA Safe Routes to School Guide (SRTS Guide: Student Drop-off and Pick-up Tools (saferoutesinfo.org)) and accepted civil engineering practice and as such, exposes the school system and Town to significant liability. Has a traffic safety professional been consulted in this matter? Below is the from the SRTS Guide section titled Separating Motor Vehicles from Pedestrians and Bicyclists:

“To further reduce conflicts, school facilities can be arranged to eliminate or reduce the number of children walking through parking lots. Children should walk around parking lots on dedicated walkways or sidewalks. If this is not possible, clearly marked walkways through parking lots with adult or older student monitors should be used, and speed calming treatments such as humps or bumps should be employed in the parking lots.”

If the proposed system is implemented, my family will have no choice but to end our enrollment at ECDC as the proposed system doesn’t allow us to keep our children safe during drop off and pick up. Respectfully, I suggest that a traffic professional with a background in school zone safety be consulted for both short-term and long-term solutions for ECDC drop off and pick up. Realistically, this issue needs a long-term solution, in my opinion an enhanced queuing area, but in the immediacy a solution that doesn’t sacrifice safety for convenience should be implemented. As a father and licensed civil engineer with extensive experience in school zone traffic safety, I implore you to reconsider this proposal and leave the current drop-off and pick up system in place. In my professional opinion, due to the number of un-consolidated crossings and pedestrian-vehicle conflict, it is a matter of time before a pedestrian is injured or killed following this procedure.

Thank you for your time and your attention to this matter.

Jay Mello, P.E.

Franklin, MA

Email with pick up schedule link can be found here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v49IGTmWZsZbWEoSJ2f8YDhAsWZlR4yw/view?usp=drive_link

Voices of Franklin: ECDC Pickup & arrival schedule changes

What can be recycled? Franklin DPW has your answer

Franklin's recycling process is recognized across the State as one of the best thanks to the participation of all of us. The three word mantra "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" still applies.

The Town page is full of helpful information on what and how ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/recycling-solid-waste

Quick links

• Beaver St recycling center hours -> https://www.franklinma.gov/recycling-solid-waste/news/beaver-st-recycling-center-hours
• Waste Management has a new page with information linked to from the Town page ->   https://www.wm.com/us/en/recycle-right 
• The curbside schedule PDF for reprinting ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/uploads/franklin_program_guide_2022-2023_0.pdf

What can be recycled? Franklin DPW has your answer

Equipment failure on Monday, Dec 12 will result in pick up of recycling today

Due to an equipment failure, portions of yesterday's recycling route remains uncollected. Collection of the impacted areas will continue today. 

See map for areas not completed on Monday -> 

Equipment failure on Monday, Dec 12 will result in pick up of recycling today

Shared from the Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/recycling-solid-waste/news/12-13-22 

No Trash Delay ~ Dec. 20-24 and Dec. 27-31

No Trash Delay ~ Dec. 20-24 and Dec. 27-31

No Trash Delay ~ Dec. 20-24 and Dec. 27-31

Shared from the Town of Franklin page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/recycling-solid-waste/news/no-trash-delay-dec-20-24-and-dec-27-31

Reminder: Trash/Recycling Pickup delayed one day this week

Trash Delay September 6-10

one day off from the normal pickup schedule due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday

• If you need another copy of the Curbside pickup flyer for 2021-2022   https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/franklin_program_guide_2021-2022_2.pdf

Franklin Residents: Trash Delayed by one day during week of September 6-10, 2021

 

No trash/recycle pick up delay until Memorial Day

Yes, it is Patriots Day. While Town offices, the Library, etc. are closed today, there is no one day delay for trash/recycle this week. There is no delay on the calendar until May when Memorial Day rolls around.

The current issue of the recycling flyer can be found online

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/uploads/franklin_program_guide_2020-2021.pdf

No trash/recycle pick up delay until Memorial Day

Tree collection possible delay; put trees out anyway for week of Jan 11

The DPW has been notified of a possible delay in pickup of the Christmas trees scheduled the week of Jan 11, 2021. 

 

Go ahead and put your tree on the sidewalk and it will get picked up eventually.

 

Possible delay: https://www.facebook.com/931498886934582/posts/3778235738927535/

 

DPW Put trees out notification for Jan 11 https://www.facebook.com/FranklinDPW/posts/3773160866101689

Tree collection possible delay; put trees out anyway for week of Jan 11

Christmas Tree pick up schedule = Week of Jan 11

From the current Solid Waste flyer

"Christmas Tree Collection Days 

Week of January 11, 2021"

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/uploads/franklin_program_guide_2020-2021.pdf

Christmas Tree pick up schedule = Week of Jan 11

Franklin Public Library: Curbside Pickup

How it works:

• Place a hold in the Minuteman Library Network catalog https://find.minlib.net
• Wait for a notification (email, text, phone call)
• Pick up your items at the Library Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the glass vestibule entrance at the top of the ramp.
• Items are filed by your last name on book carts
• Your items are already checked out to you, just bring them home!
• Prefer to make a request by phone? Give us a call between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday at 508-520-4941. We can place up to five holds per phone call.

Returns:

• Please return items in the return slots at the top of the ramp, to the left of the glass doors.
• To return an oversized item, call the Circulation Desk during Curbside Pickup hours and a staff person will meet you at the door to accept the item.
• Please call the Circulation Desk with any questions, or if you have mobility issues: 508-520-4941. 

 

Download a copy of this for reference

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I2DLK1tW0OuJseCNqg7U3xGVwtqqQ1BU/view?usp=sharing

 

Franklin Public Library: Curbside Pickup

Franklin Library: Curbside Pickup Update July 28

Library Curbside Pickup - Update July 28

We're making changes to our curbside pickup so that you can pick up your items comfortably in all kinds of weather! 

Starting today at 10 AM, curbside pickup will be in the vestibule of our new entrance at the top of the ramp! 

You'll be able to grab your items from this spot going forward! As a reminder, pickup is from 10 AM-4:30 PM!

Franklin Library: Curbside Pickup Update July 28

Franklin Public Library: curbside pickup hours changed slightly

We adjusted the hours slightly, so now Curbside Pickup is available 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Saturday!

Franklin Public Library: curbside pickup hours changed slightly

Franklin radar picked up via Twitter
https://twitter.com/FrkPublicLib/status/1285284490475175937?s=09

Franklin Residents: Curbside Pickup Updates at the Franklin Public Library

Curbside Pickup Updates at the Franklin Public Library

Curbside Pickup Updates! Patrons can place holds online or by phone. When placing holds by phone, there is a limit of five holds per call. 

Inter Library Loan is now available! You are able to place holds on items throughout the Minuteman Library Network. Search our catalog at find.minlib.net. 

Once you receive a text or email that your items are ready, visit the Library at the School Street entrance between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Monday through Saturday to pick them up! 

In the event of rain, items will be available under an awning near the door. The Library will still be closed to the public, but staff will be available to answer questions by phone and email 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Monday through Saturday. Please call us at 508-520-4941.

Starting Monday, July 13, Curbside Pickup hours will be extended to 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Saturday. Additionally, staff will be available by phone 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Saturday.

Franklin Residents: Curbside Pickup Updates at the Franklin Public Library