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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- draft
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- draft
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 […]
Mixed Paper Recycling
As of December 2025, WSWMD has a separate recycling bin for mixed paper. This bin is currently located next to the glass bin, opposite the single-stream and cardboard bins. We use the term ‘mixed paper’ to identify all of the different paper materials that can be recycled. Acceptable items include the following: Office paper Magazines […]
Cat Litter (kitty litter)
Fresh and used cat litter can be composted, free of charge, at the transfer station’s organics composting program (please see Project C.O.W. for more information) or in your curbside compost container (if applicable). Not all litter is created equal. Anything with “fragrance” or that is “scented” should not be put in the compost. Think natural… If […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- Jan 8, 2026
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person Draft Minutes of January 8, 2026 Members Present: (In-person & Zoom) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair (interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Amanda Ellis-Thurber, Brattleboro; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Kate Ullman, Jamaica; […]
Boxboard
Boxboard, such as cereal boxes, can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container. At the transfer station, please recycle boxboard in our single-stream or the mixed paper bin. Please do NOT put it in the cardboard recycling box.
Cardboard
Cardboard can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container. WSWMD will accept large loads of commercial cardboard during regular business hours. Residents are encouraged to separate and flatten their cardboard for proper recycling at the transfer station. Cardboard going straight into the baler building does not need to be […]