What to Do With...
|
|
The Windsor Police Department has set up a permanent drug drop box in their lobby at the Town Offices on Union Street. The heavy, steel, double-locked box is available to the public from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The police department can be contacted at 674-9042 to set up alternative times for people to drop off their old prescription drugs.
|
|
|
After the Disaster: A Guide for Residents & Small Businesses About Managing Debris Waste
Many in the Northeast suffered serious damage and destruction as a result of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Irene. The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) has a free guidebook that can be of critical value as towns, individuals, and businesses look for solutions about how to manage storm debris. This guide provides general information about recovery of premises, belongings, and other items, as well as recycling and proper disposal of debris following a disaster.
The guide is available for download at http://www.nerc.org/documents/debris_management_guide.pdf. |
|
Bag and bring clean, dry bubble wrap to your transfer station. Individuals and businesses will pick it up for re-use. |
|
Alternative Community Training (ACT) is a non-profit Missouri company that provides jobs to people with disabilities. Workers erase VHS tapes, re-selling the ones that are in good shape and recycling the plastic parts of the rest. They've recycled more than a million tapes so far.
Mail tapes (at the cheaper USPS media mail rate) to: ACT, 2200 Burlington, Columbia, MO 65202
|
and usable ski art.
Specializing in ski Adirondack chairs,
ski benches, ski tables, ski racks,
outdoor furniture, and custom designed
and built products with your old gear or ours.
Each piece a unique work of art,
hand-crafted in Vermont, USA."
Clean out your barn and divert those old skis from the landfill - give them to Green Mountain Ski Furniture in Waterbury Center, Vermont. (And you won't have to pay to get rid of them.)
|
|
Got an old mercury-containing thermostat?
Don’t trash it.
Cash it!
It is illegal to dispose of mercury-containing thermostats in the trash in Vermont because it's a hazardous waste. In 2008, mercury thermostat collection legislation was passed requiring thermostat manufacturers to provide a financial incentive of $5.00 for turning in a mercury-switch thermostat for recycling. Bring your mercury-switch thermostat to any Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC) collection location in the state and receive either an in-store credit (at retail locations) or a coupon that can be mailed in to receive payment by check.
TRC collects mercury-switch thermostats at all heating and cooling wholesalers in Vermont and at many thermostat retailers. All District transfer stations are participating in this program and have TRC coupons.
|
You can contract with a private trash hauler to pick up your garbage bags, or you can take them yourself to the local transfer station. Clear Away Rubbish is one of the haulers in our district. |
Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups. Styrofoam never biodegrades. Since there is currently no way to recycle Styrofoam, the best solution is not to purchase it in the first place.
|
 As of January 1, 2007 it is illegal to use a lead sinker which weighs one-half ounce or less to fish in Vermont. Bring lead sinkers to your local transfer station and ask an attendant where to reycle them. |
Now you can recycle them. Check out this website for all the information. |
Samsung launches countrywide e-cycling program (about 21 locations in New England)
"Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (Ridgefield Park, New Jersey) announced the launch of Samsung Recycling Direct on October 10th (2008). U.S. consumers can now bring Samsung-branded electronics to any one of 174 designated drop-off centers across all 50 states. Televisions, computers, monitors, peripherals, cameras, A/V equipment and some home appliances labeled with the Samsung brand can all be recycled free of charge, while non-Samsung branded items are accepted for a fee."
"Consumers can learn more about the Samsung Recycling Direct program by visiting www.samsung.com/recyclingdirect. In addition to tools to help determine the closest recycling location, the company intends to continually update the Web site with program results."
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 1 of 12 |
