Recycling in Windsor

WINDSOR RECYCLING CENTER
Central Street
Windsor, Vermont

Open Every Saturday 9:00 a.m. - noon

Contact Erick Tarczewski at 674-6000.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - It Pays

All Materials Must Be

CLEAN, DRY and FLATTENED. Flattened Cardboard, Cans and Plastics Save You $$$. You Pay for Volume!!!!

REMEMBER!

Recycling only works when materials are properly sorted and prepared.

If you are not sure, ASK!

Product Listing July 2007

ALUMINUM:

• Aluminum Deposit Cans (returnables) - Rinsed, Do not crush

• Aluminum Non-Deposit Beverage Cans - Rinsed

• Aluminum Pet Food Cans, Pie Plates, Foil Pans, etc. - Rinsed and flattened - dispose of with steel cans.

• Aluminum Miscellaneous Items such as Lawn Furniture, TV Antennas, etc. - dispose of with light iron/white metal goods

STEEL (TIN) CANS

Including aluminum pet food cans, foil pans, etc.  Rinsed and flattened. Empty paint cans are OK without lids. Aerosol spray cans are OK if empty.

METALS

Light Iron/White Metal Goods - Iron, steel, miscellaneous aluminum (not cans), small appliances, furniture, metal bed springs, computer CPU's and printers.  No TV's, computer monitors, or any appliance containing refrigerant). $5.00 charge for large appliances (ranges, dryers, washers, etc.)

SPECIAL APPLIANCES

Refrigerators, Air conditioners, Dehumidifiers, Freezers, etc. $15.00 each, Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers.

MAGAZINES/CATALOGS:

Glossy bound paper publications.  Do not tie in bundles.

NEWSPRINT

Loose, stacked, tied or brown paper bagged. Clean and dry. Inserts are OK.

CARDBOARD (CORRUGATED & BOXBOARD):

Cartons, cereal & pasta boxes, shoe boxes, etc. Broken down and flattened. No Egg cartons, No wax, foil, or plastic coated cardboard.

MIXED OFFICE PAPER & PAPER JUNK MAIL

White and colored miscellaneous paper, Including envelopes, flyers, etc. No Manila file folders, No carbon paper, No bound books, No CD's.

WHITE OFFICE PAPER

Includes stationery, copy paper, white computer paper, No Glossy paper, carbon paper, NCR paper, or newsprint.

PLASTICS:

PETE PLASTIC  #1

Clean and Flattened if possible, No caps.

HDPE PLASTIC  #2 - Plain and Colored

Clean and Flattened if possible, No caps, No Oil, antifreeze or automotive chemical containers.

GLASS

Bottles, jars, etc.. - Rinsed, no caps or lids. Colors may be mixed. No window glass, china, crockery or Pyrex.

BATTERIES - Automotive, Lead-Acid style, and rechargeable Ni-Cd Nickel Cadmium, NiMH Nickel Metal Hydride, and small sealed lead, Pb, type under two (2) pounds ONLY.  Conventional and alkaline batteries may be discarded with your rubbish.  Caution, Spilled electrolyte is hazardous, will cause chemical burns!

MERCURY WALL THERMOSTATS

CORKS - Natural and synthetic.  Look for the clear plastic jug.  The corks will be upcycled into corkboards by Terracycle.

The local non-profit Lions Club collects used eyeglasses and hearing aids for distribution to the needy in developing nations. All types of eyeglasses and sunglasses, prescription and non-prescription, are acceptable. Reading glasses, too.  No eyeglass cases.  Look for the yellow Lions collection box by the exit at the Windsor Price Chopper.

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BASIC RECYCLING FEES FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES EFFECTIVE 7/1/06

Yellow Punch Tickets $20.00 = ten punches

Senior Citizen - Purple Punch Tickets $ 10.00 = ten punches

30 Gallons (4 cu. ft.) = 1 punch

Car Trunk-full or back of SUV-full = 2 punches

Small pickup load = 3 punches

Large pickup load = 4 punches

(PUNCH COUNT IS DOUBLE FOR NON-RESIDENTS)

Large Appliances  =   $5.00

Refrigerated Appliances  =  $15.00

FAST  TRASH!!!

One Stop for RECYCLABLES and HOUSEHOLD TRASH

(Fees are charged for disposing of household trash - service provided by independent vendors)

LICENSED RUBBISH HAULERS IN WINDSOR:

Johnson's Hauling - 674-2312

Jeff Hook - PO Box 657, Windsor, VT  674-6636

Gobin - 264 John Stark Hwy, Newport, NH (603) 863-2540

Casella Waste Management - 25 Green Hill Lane, Rutland 775-0325

Bugbee's Rubbish - 256 US Rte. 12, Hartland, VT  436-2742

NOTICE

PLEASE DO NOT BRING: styrene plastic, plastic toys, tires, light bulbs, cans of paint, wood, cloth, mattresses, furniture, garbage, or drained motor oil!

WE CANNOT ACCEPT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE !

Watch the paper for announcements of special collections of chemicals, pesticides, cleaning products, oil-based paints, etc.  Your solid waste district hosts two free events annually (on the second Saturday in May and September).

Next HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION

Rev. 1/12/10