More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.
The Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility (RDF) will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2 in observance of Labor Day
New weekend hours of operation for the RDF begin on Saturday, September 7, 2019.
Monday – Wednesday, 7am – noon
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
7am – 3:45pm
Sunday (through November)
10am – 3pm
Town Hall’s summer schedule will extend hours on Tuesday giving residents the opportunity to do business with offices located in Town Hall until 6pm. Town Hall will close at noon on Fridays, which is historically a slow business day during the summer. Individual departments’ normal hours may vary. Please check www.wellesleyma.gov for details. All Town offices will be closed on Thursday, July 4 in observation of Independence Day and Monday, September 2 for Labor Day.
NOTE: Individual office hours may vary during these dates and times and it may be best to call individual departments in advance of coming to Town Hall on the dates intended for extended or abbreviated hours.
July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30
August 6, August 13, August 20, August 27
July 5, July 12, July 19, July 26
August 2, August 9, August 16, August 23, August 30
Monday – Thursday, 9am – 9pm
Fridays, 9am – 6pm
Saturdays 9am – 5pm
Closed Sundays in July and August
Mondays — closed
Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 5pm
Saturdays and Sundays — closed
Mondays — closed
Tuesdays — 10am – 8pm
Wednesdays — 10am – 5pm
Thursdays — 10am – 8pm
Fridays — 10am – 5pm
Saturday and Sunday — closed
Monday – Wednesday, 7am – noon
Thursday and Friday, 7am – 3:45pm
Saturday, 7am – 4:45pm
Sunday, Apr – Nov: 11am – 3pm
Paint may be dropped off for recycling at the Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility (RDF) on Saturday, July 6, (and the first Saturday of each month through October), from 9am to 1pm. The following materials are accepted: Interior and exterior latex paint, interior and exterior oil based alkyd paint, and solidified paint.
If your paint cans just have dried paint in them, they can go in to the general trash compactors at the dump.
Materials that are not accepted are: creosote and turpentine, other solvents, and unmarked containers. These materials may be brought to the RDF on Household Hazardous Products Collection Day, which will take place Sunday, May 3, 2020. If you don’t want to wait until next year, here is a link to local drop-off centers.
Paint is available for taking from the shed during regular RDF hours except from 9am to 1pm on the scheduled paint drop-off days.
Monday – Wednesday, 7am – Noon
Thursday and Friday, 7am – 3:45pm
Saturday, 7am – 4:45pm
Sunday, through Nov: 11am – 3pm
Paint recycling — May 4Bring your old latex and oil-based alkyd paint to the Wellesley RDF for recycling on Saturday, May 4, 2019. The paint shed will be open 9am – 1pm.The following materials are accepted: Interior and exterior latex paint, interior and exterior oil based alkyd paint, and solidified paint. Materials that are not accepted are: creosote and turpentine, other solvents, and unmarked containers. These materials may be brought to the RDF on Household Hazardous Products Collection Day on Sunday, May 5, 2019.
This is your opportunity to dispose of any hazardous items in your home at the Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility, and to have documents shredded. Please see the below list of items that can/cannot be brought to the RDF on this day.
Contact the Wellesley Fire Department for guidance on getting rid of explosives, fireworks, and radioactives.
Monday – Wednesday, 7am – Noon
Thursday and Friday, 7am – 3:45pm
Saturday, 7am – 4:45pm
Sunday, through Nov: 11am – 3pm
Swellesley reader CF found herself quite lucky to snag a red leather zippered Levenger folio/wallet at the just-re-opened Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility’s Reusables Area.
But she noticed later that inside her treasure was another find: a small blue envelope containing a key to a safe deposit box.
Could this be the long-awaited sequel to that story of the hollowed-out book found at the dump years ago that was filled with $20K?
Might this overshadow Mr. & Mrs. Swellesley’s own harrowing library book snafu at the RDF?
The imagination gets carried away thinking about what could be found in a Wellesley-owned safe deposit box.
One clue for anyone who thinks this might belong to them: The numbers 1057 are handwritten under the flap of the envelope. The envelope warns: “‘loss of keys will cause you considerable expense.”
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