Gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, biodiesel, and heating oil are hazardous materials and banned from Vermont landfills. All hazardous materials must be brought to our Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Depot. Please go here for more information about disposing of hazardous waste. (Empty cans & containers are trash)
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Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- June 2026- Draft
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In person Draft Minutes of June 11, 2026 Members Present: (In-person & Zoom) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair (interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Sue Bellville, Brattleboro; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Stephan Chait, Halifax; Kate Ullman, Jamaica; […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting Notice & Agenda- 6/11/26
Board of Supervisors Meeting Notice and Agenda Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. Via Zoom* and in person: 327 Old Ferry Rd, Brattleboro VT 05301 Roll call of Supervisors Changes and/or Additions to the Agenda Approval of Minutes- May 2026 Approval of Check Register- May 2026 Approval of Financial Statement- May 2026 […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- 5/14/26- Amended
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In Person AMENDED Minutes of May 14, 2026 Members Present: (In-person & Zoom) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair (interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Sue Bellville, Brattleboro; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Stephan Chait, Halifax; Kate Ullman, Jamaica; […]
Finance Committee Meeting Minutes- 5/14/26- DRAFT
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Finance Committee Meeting Via ZOOM and In Person DRAFT Minutes of May 14, 2026 Committee Members Present: Committee Chair-Merrill Mundell, Wilmington; Stanley Noga, Jr., Brookline; Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Dave Eastman, Guilford Committee Members Absent: Jim Pinkerton, Vernon WSWMD Staff Present: Vicki Hayes, Finance Manager, Treasurer & […]
HHW Depot Appointment Request- Resident
This page is for residents to make an appointment for a household hazardous waste drop-off. For safety and identification purposes, please package materials so that all contents are visible and can be easily identified by staff upon arrival. Please ensure that all items in your load are household hazardous waste intended for disposal and that […]
Prescription Bottles
Prescription bottles, or pill bottles, can’t be recycled at curbside or transfer stations. They’re often made from polypropylene, or #5 plastic, which sorting machines find tricky to handle. While they can be recycled in theory, they usually slip through the machinery, so special mail-back or drop-off programs are needed. Check out VT’s mail-back program for […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- 4/9/26
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In Person Draft Minutes of April 9, 2026 Members Present: (In-person) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair (interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Kate Ullman, Jamaica; Doris Knechtel, Newfane; Lorena Cuevas, Newfane (alternate); […]
Finance Committee Meeting Minutes- 4/9/26
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Finance Committee Meeting Via ZOOM and In Person DRAFT Minutes of April 9, 2026 Committee Members Present: Committee Chair-Merrill Mundell, Wilmington; Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Jim Pinkerton, Vernon; Liz Spector, Wardsboro Committee Members Absent: Dave Eastman, Guilford; Jim Damato, Readsboro WSWMD Staff Present: Bob Spencer, Executive Director; […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/12/26 – Amended
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person Amended Minutes of March 12, 2026 Members Present: (In-person): Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair(interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Amanda Ellis-Thurber, Brattleboro; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Doris Knechtel, Newfane; Irvin Stowell, Townshend; Liz Spector, Wardsboro; Merrill […]
Photos, Photographs & Photo Paper
Any photographs or photo paper that cannot be reused must be disposed of as trash. Photo paper is not recyclable and cannot be put in the mixed paper or single-stream bin. An access sticker is required to dispose of household trash at the transfer station.
Aluminum Foil & Pie Pans
Clean aluminum wrap and pie pans are banned from landfill disposal. Please put clean aluminum pans and wrap into the recycle bin or in your curbside recycling containers. Please ball up the foil so that it will be recovered at the sorting facility. If there are any caked-on materials, it is then trash and can […]