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Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District (SW/WCSWMD) is a union municipal district dedicated to providing solid waste management authority, services, and planning to its member towns.  The District was chartered in 1981 and currently serves thirteen Vermont towns. The District is managed currently by the Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission, Thomas J. Kennedy, Executive Director.
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Got Drugs?

Turn in your un-used or expired for safe disposal on Saturday, September 25, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  National Take-Back Day provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction.

Local collections will be held in Windsor, Weathersfield, Springfield, Ludlow, Chester, and Bellows Falls.  Click here for more information.
 
Household Hazardous Waste Collections for 2010

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The District will hold the final household hazardous waste (HHW) collections for 2010 on:

Saturday, September 11 Springfield Transfer Station  9:00 a.m. - noon

and

Saturday, September 11 Weathersfield Transfer Station  9:00 a.m. - noon.

Up to 10 gallons of waste is taken free-of-charge.  11+ gallons = $2/gallon

Click here for directions to Springfield Transfer Station.

Click here for directions to Weathersfield Transfer Station.

Do NOT Bring: DO Bring:
latex paint (thicken with kitty litter or sawdust and trash it, or leave off lid to dry it out and then 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 business that is considered to be 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.
 
Vermont Master Composter Course Offered Fall 2010
Classes will be held at Vermont Interactive Television sites on four Monday nights, October 18 - November 8.  The deadline for registration is October 8.

For more information, click on www.uvm.edu/mastergardener or call 802-656-9562.
 
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District Meeting

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The next quarterly meeting of the Board of Supervisors is scheduled for Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Springfield Town Offices.  The public is welcome to attend.

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Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District

P. O. Box 320  •  Ascutney, VT  • 05030
Phone • 802-674-9235    -   Fax  •  802-674-5711
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