Next Quarterly District Meeting
The Board of Supervisors will meet remotely, via Zoom, on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. The public is welcome to participate. The agenda and a link to the meeting will be posted here in mid-July.
No more 4-hour Household Hazardous Waste Collections?
![]() Nope! And no more waiting in long lines.
Instead, we have opened a seasonal HHW Depot to offer a more convenient way to dispose of bathroom cleaners, nail polish remover, paint, insecticides, chemical fertilizers, etc. We are open Tuesday and Thursday mornings (we can't find any weekend help at present) and closing at the end of September. Call Mary O'Brien at 802-674-9235 for an appointment and directions to the Depot.
Are you a small business (i.e., a conditionally exempt generator)? You can bring your hazardous waste to our facility, too. Just fill out the inventory list; we'll get a disposal price for you. What Can You Do With Your Food Scraps?
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Inventory: LOTS
![]() We finally received our order of Soil Saver backyard composters (June 8, 20220.) And we still have Sure-Close food scrap pails. If you would like to buy one or both, download and print out the order form and mail it in with a check. If you can't print out the form, contact us at 674-9235 or mobrien@marcvt.org and we will mail you one.
We are offering a remote opportunity to learn how to compost food scraps in your backyard.
Ham Gillett, a Master Composter, filmed a backyard composting presentation which Okemo Valley TV aired. OVTV also shared the program with other local cable access television stations for them to broadcast. Click on one of the links below for Ham's presentation:
The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District has a helpful booklet, "The Dirt on Compost," about backyard composting that you can access here. ![]() Composting in your backyard...it's easy, saves you money, and produces a great soil amendment for your garden. Basically, composting is just collecting kitchen scraps and leaves and putting them in a pile or bin. Then Mother Nature does the work of turning it back into soil. Composting can be done with almost no effort. Just add kitchen waste and leaves from the autumn leaf drop at a ratio of 1:3 and ...compost happens!
But what about bears?!
![]() Bears can be a nuisance when they are attracted to the food scraps in a backyard composter.
The Agency of Natural Resources has developed a short, helpful management guide. Click here to read. Latest District News:
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Member Towns:Click on a town below to get recycling, food scrap diversion, and trash information specific to that town.
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Vermont's Universal Recycling Law. Vermont has solid waste legislation that focuses on recyclables and organics. It will lead to more consistent services throughout the state. To read more about this law, click here. If you would like to look at and/or use the new universal recycling symbols for recycling, food, and trash, click here. Download the Universal Recycling timeline and/or a summary of the new law.