The District is selling "Soil Saver" compost bins this year along with kitchen pails for collecting food scraps. For more information and the order form, click on the item under "Newest Publications" in the lefthand column.
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 The Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District (SW/WCSWMD) will hold free household hazardous waste (HHW) collections on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the Springfield Transfer Station and Recycling Center, 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. and at the Rockingham Transfer Station, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
There will also be collections on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Springfield Transfer Station from 9:00 a.m. - noon and at the Weathersfield Transfer Station from 9:00 a.m. - noon.
This year, the District will hold additional collections in conjunction with the Windham Solid Waste District. The schedule for these "Rural Rovers" is:
| Saturday, May 22 |
Townshend |
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
| Saturday, June 12 |
Ludlow Transfer Station |
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
| Saturday, July 10 |
Windsor Town Garage |
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
| Do NOT Bring: |
DO Bring: |
| latex paint (thicken and trash it) |
aerosols |
| waste oil (service stations may take it) |
antifreeze |
| fluorescent bulbs (transfer station or hardware store) |
automotive products |
| ammunition (gun dealer) |
gasoline |
| asbestos |
hobby chemicals |
| auto batteries (transfer station) |
household cleaners |
| alkaline batteries (trash) |
kerosene |
| empty containers (recycle) |
paint cleaners |
| fireworks |
pesticides |
| medical waste |
oil-based paints |
| medicines (trash) |
pool chemicals |
| computers (transfer station) |
mercury thermometers |
| radioactive material |
mercury thermostats |
Bring in a mercury thermometer - get a free digital thermometer.
Pre-registration is not required for District residents.
If you are a Conditionally Exempt Generator of HazWaste (less than 220 lbs./mo.), you may participate but you must pre-register and pay for your disposal costs.
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LED BULBS BEAT INCANDESCENTS IN LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT
A comprehensive life cycle assessment study conducted by German lighting manufacturer, OSRAM, has found that the total energy used by an LED bulb from manufacture to disposal is only one fifth of that required by incandescent models. The study, "Life Cycle Assessment of Illuminants," details the energy required for raw material production, manufacturing and assembly, transport, use, and end-of-life management. Incandescent lamps were reported to use approximately 3,300 kWh during their entire life, compared to less than 670 kWh for LEDs. OSRAM expects that the market will shift in favor of LEDs in the coming years as developing technologies yield even greater efficiency throughout the product's entire life cycle. |
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