Gloucester cart size swaps start Monday, Nov. 9. Find your swap day

Gloucester residents who asked for a different size trash or recycling cart will start getting them swapped on Monday, Nov. 9, the city says.

How a swap works

1. Put your carts out on your regular pickup day, as usual.
2. After the truck empties them, leave any cart that needs to be swapped or removed at the curb.
3. Leave it there through the end of the next day. That is when the swap happens.

Find your swap day

Wednesday, Nov. 11, is a holiday, so pickup is delayed one day. That moves swap days the week of Nov. 9. Here is the city's chart, with the pickup day for that week.

Wednesday, Nov. 11, is a holiday, so Wednesday, Thursday and Friday pickups each move one day later.

After that week, the city says to expect your new cart the day after your trash pickup day.

Add it to your calendar

Pick your pickup day. Apple and Outlook users get one file with both reminders: one the evening before carts go out, and one at 5 p.m. on swap day to check whether your cart was swapped. Google Calendar users can add each date with one tap.

If your cart is not swapped

The city says the swap process may take more than one week. If your cart has not been swapped by 7 p.m. on your swap day, bring it back in from the curb so it is not out longer than it needs to be. Then repeat the steps the next week.

Questions

Call the Department of Public Works at (978) 325-5600, or see the city's New Trash & Recycling Program page.

Earlier coverage: Gloucester opens a dumpster at the DPW for old trash carts and recycling bins (Oct. 13) and Casella takes over Gloucester trash pickup Thursday as purple bags end (Oct. 1).