Windham Solid Waste Management District

Learn more about the expansion of our compost facility at Windham Solid Waste.
Bob Spencer, Executive Director

Bigger, better composting facility planned at Windham Solid Waste BRATTLEBORO — A new composting facility at the Windham Solid Waste Management District will double its current capacity.

We will be closed today in honor of Independence Day ❤️. WSWMD will reopen Friday at 7am & the Swap Shop will be open on Saturday. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!

Due to holiday 'staffing issues', the Household Hazardous Waste Depot will NOT be open this Tuesday, 7/2/24. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please wait until 7/9 or head to this page to make an appointment for a later Tuesday!

HHW Depot Appointment Request- Resident - WSWMD Businesses, please go to this page to request an appointment. Thank you.  

WSWMD's Household Hazardous Waste Depot is open tomorrow (Tuesday, June 11) from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. Come on down!

What is Household Hazardous Waste? - WSWMD What is Household Hazardous Waste? (Go here to make an appointment) Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) can be identified by keywords on the container label: danger, warning, caution, flammable, caustic, poison, and skull and crossbones. The container may also describe the health or environmental hazard...

Do you compost at home but need some help tweaking the system? Join our own Alex Lacy, live at the Townshend Library on Saturday, May 18th @ 10am, and bring your composting questions. This free event is open to all and will be focused on different styles of composting at home and how each system has its own personality in how we interact with them. Information on different composting setups will be provided and roll up your sleeves for some hands-on investigating of helpful materials for quality, stench-free compost!

Don't worry if you think you missed it, you're safe...Our Hazardous Waste Depot is now open on Tuesdays from 8:30-10:30 am, from May 14th, 2024 until October! Check out the link below to see what you can bring, get the details, and schedule an appointment (your preference). Catch you on the next one!

Household Hazardous Waste Depot - WSWMD Find out how to dispose of hazardous materials and make an appointment for our Hazardous Waste Depot drop-off. Open May-October

The Swap Shop is OPEN- every Saturday from 8:30 'til noon, until November. Let's divert it from the landfill if stuff can be given away!

Swap Shop - WSWMD Open Saturdays from 8:30 am-12 pm, for both shopping & donations! Open every Saturday from April 13, 2024 -November 23, 2024.

Join us for an evening of peer-to-peer learning and dig into opportunities to strengthen the farm to school movement in southern Vermont.

◦ All Farm to School enthusiasts are welcome!
◦ Supper and snacks provided!
◦ Featuring workshops on food preservation and composting.
◦ Highlighting Windham Northeast Supervisory Union's independent meal program and Leland and Gray Union Middle and High School's Journey Away Program.
◦ In partnership with the Vermont Farm to School & Early Childhood Network, Vermont Garden Network, and Windham Solid Waste Management District.

Find full event details and registration here: https://tinyurl.com/5dms8zke

The Swap Shop reopens this Saturday, April 13, 2024, for both shopping & donations!
Check out the web page for more information! We hope to see you there...

Swap Shop - WSWMD Open Saturdays from 8:30 am-12 pm, reopening on Saturday, 4/13/24 until Saturday, 11/23/24. Closed 6/28 & 8/31/24. Open to all residents.

Follow the procedures for recycling, or drop them off at our scale house on Old Ferry Rd in Brattleboro, and we will donate the rest to be passed on for reuse!
Check with your local library in case they have a program in place.

Not sure what to do with your eclipse glasses? You have options!

☀️Donate them for reuse at Astronomers Without Borders collection locations (scroll down for a list of the sites we know of. Do you know of others? Add them in the comments!)

☀️Remove the plastic lenses and recycle the cardboard with your paper recycling (including in your blue bin mixed recycling). Trash the plastic lenses.

☀️Save them for the next eclipse: partial solar eclipses will be visible in New England in March 2025, August 2026, and January 2029 (explore future eclipses at https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/)

☀️Whatever you choose, please keep the glasses out of the trash and off the ground. Thank you!

☀️Eclipse Glasses Collection Locations (surely an incomplete list):
Addison County:
o Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury
o Lincoln Library, Lincoln
Bennington: John G. McCullough Free Library
Northeast Kingdom:
• Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury
• Lyndonville, NEKWMD facility
Chittenden Co:
• All 6 CSWD drop-off centers (Burlington, S. Burlington, Essex, Hinesburg, Milton, Williston)
• Echo Museum
• Essex Resort
• Jules on the Green (Essex Junction)
• Town of Shelburne
• University of Vermont (7 locations around campus)
• Hula Lakeside, Burlington
• City of Burlington
o Waterfront Park
o Battery Park
o Roosevelt Park
o Leddy Park
o Oakledge Park
Franklin Co: Northwest Solid Waste District facilities
Orange Co: Thetford Transfer Station
Washington Co:
o East Montpelier Elementary
o Rainbow Bridge Community Center, Barre
Windsor Co: Montshire Museum, Norwich

learn more about Astronomers Without Borders: https://astronomerswithoutborders.org/programs/solar-glasses-distribution

We are open today until 3pm and Saturday from 8am-1pm.
Have a happy Easter weekend!

You can now follow us on Instagram!

No need to look it up, bring it to us and we'll take your cellphones & computers for free!

Rare Earth Metals May Be Lurking in Your Junk Drawer And that’s a good thing. They’re critical for renewable energy, and a new study says recovering them from old cellphones and other waste could help meet the demand.

Just a heads up that the Transfer Station will be closed on Monday, February 19th in honor of Presidents' Day. We will reopen Tuesday at 7am. Thank you for your continued business!

We are proud to be your local solid waste district!

Do you know your Solid Waste Management Entity?

We refer to them affectionately as "SWMEs" (swim-ee), but you might know of them as your Solid Waste District, Alliance, or Independent Town.

Go to www.802recycles.com and type your town in the search bar to find your SWME web page.

There, you can find an A-Z guide of what to do with things from recycling and used clothing to electronics and household hazardous waste.

You'll also find resources on low-waste events, and might learn about opportunities for workshops, facility tours, or repair cafes.

SWMEs work hard to help you waste less and properly manage your trash, recycling, food scraps, and other materials.

You can always reach out to us in the Solid Waste Program, but your SWME is your local waste expert.

Thanks, SWMEs!

Addison County Solid Waste Management District
Bennington County Solid Waste Alliance
Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District
CSWD
Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District
Northeast Kingdom Waste
Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District
Rutland County Solid Waste District
Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District
Windham Solid Waste Management District

We will be OPEN on Monday, January 15 our regular hours from 7am to 3pm. FYI

DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES, WE ARE HALTING A WINTER COLLECTION AND WILL OPEN THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT ON MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024.

The WSWMD Transfer station will be OPEN on Saturday (8am-1pm), but closed on Monday in observance of New Year's Day! Have a safe and happy New Year!!

Thanksgiving schedule: WSWMD will be closed Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please plan accordingly! We will reopen Monday at 7 am. Have a wonderful holiday!

There was a green Columbia jacket left at the recycling bins today, you can pick it up at the scale house!

It's America's Recycling Day, are you sure you know what to recycle?? Check out this quiz designed by America the Beautiful: 🤗

Recycling Reality Check Quiz Do you know the best ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle? Take our Recycling Quiz to test your knowledge and learn new recycling tips!

Today is America's Recycling Day and we'd like to promote battery recycling! Did you know that we take (most) batteries for free? Come to the scale any day we're open. Check out our website for more information!
Visit our recycling partner, Call2Recycle, and find out what happens to recycled batteries!

Explore the Secret Life of Batteries | But what happens when batteries lose their charge? Each year billions of batteries end up in landfills, where toxic metals could enter the waste stream and possibly harm our environment.

WSWMD will be OPEN both Friday and Saturday this week (we don't close for Veteran's Day).
We do appreciate our veterans and thank you for your service!

The Swap Shop will be open this Saturday from 8am to 12pm for shopping! Only 2 more shopping Saturdays before the Swap closes for the season!!
(Click the link below to see the remaining calendar)

windhamsolidwaste.org

Come and join our Programs Manager, John Fay, for a backyard compost demonstration open house! This will be held this Saturday, 9/23/23 between 9am and noon (while the transfer station is open). Come on by and share your success stories, ask those burning composting questions, and see how the different bins work. This is a free open house, and no registration is required. See you on Saturday!

Join us on Saturday, September 23 from 9am to 12pm at our compost demonstration area for a composting open house!! No pre-registration is required, so you can just show up. Please visit our website for more information or email John Fay at [email protected]://windhamsolidwaste.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Demo-WS-Announcement-Sept23.pdf

Our Swap Shop is open tomorrow, Saturday 8/26/23 from 8:30am to 12pm for donations. They've now got a huge storage container for all of those items they've had to turn away in the past, so here's your chance to help them fill it up!

Swap Shop - WSWMD Open Saturdays from 8:30am-12pm. Shopping is 2nd & 4th Saturdays and Donations are 1st & 3rd Saturdays, closed on the 5th week.

Windham Solid Waste is hiring! We're looking for a temporary part-time yard person to work a minimum of 20 hours a week to start in early September. Click below for the application and make sure to submit it by August 31, 2023, to [email protected].

WSWMD is an equal-opportunity employer.
https://windhamsolidwaste.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JOB-APPLICATION-FY23.pdf

Household Hazardous Waste is taking place tomorrow (and every Friday through Oct. 27) from 8:30 am to 11 am, at our location at 327 Old Ferry Rd in Brattleboro.
If you have a large amount, we request that you call or book online for an appointment. Otherwise, come on by and we'll help you get rid of it!

Household Hazardous Waste Depot - WSWMD Find out how to dispose of hazardous materials and make an appointment for our Hazardous Waste Depot drop-off. Open May-October by appointment