Windham Solid Waste Management District Finance Committee Meeting Via ZOOM and In-Person DRAFT Minutes of August 11, 2022 Committee Members Present: Committee Chair-Merrill Mundell, Wilmington; James Damato, Readsboro; Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston Additional Board Members Present: None Committee Members Absent: Patrick Moreland, Brattleboro WSWMD Staff Present: Robert Spencer, Executive Director; John Fay, Programs Manager; Vicki […]
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Policy & Personnel Committee: Meeting Notice and Agenda
Policy & Personnel Committee Meeting Notice and Agenda Wednesday August 17, 2022 @ 10:00 Via Zoom* Changes and/or Additions to the Agenda Approve Minutes of May 5, 2020 Review and approve Job Description for Yard Foreman Executive Session (if needed) Next Meeting Other Business Attachments: Draft Minutes 5-5-20 Draft Job Description Robert Spencer is […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting- 8/11/22 @ 7pm
Board of Supervisors Meeting Notice and Agenda-DRAFT Thursday, August 11, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. Via Zoom and In Person: @327 Old Ferry Rd, Brattleboro VT 05301 Changes and/or Additions to the Agenda Approval of Minutes- June 2022 Approval of Check Register- June & July 2022 Approval of Financial Statement- June & July 2022 Triple […]
Finance Committee Meeting- 8/11/22 @ 6pm
Finance Committee Meeting Notice and Agenda Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 6:00 P.M. Via Zoom and In Person: @327 Old Ferry Rd, Brattleboro VT 05301 Changes and/or Additions to the Agenda Approval of Minutes from May 2022 Review of Check Register- June & July 2022 Review of Financial Statement- June & July 2022 […]
Swap out your fluorescent bulbs for LEDs
The day is not far off when you will be able to say, “Ah yes, sonny, I’m old enough to remember when we used fluorescent light bulbs.” Within a couple years, those buzzing 4-foot tubes hanging in workspaces, as well as those curly screw-in bulbs in our homes will no longer be for sale in […]
Food Donations for Businesses
Feed People Not Landfills Vermont’s Universal Recycling law adopted a Food Recovery Hierarchy into law in 2012. Vermont is the first state in the nation to legislatively adopt priority management for food before it is discarded. Why Donate Edible Food? Under the Universal Recycling law, businesses and institutions are required to divert discarded food from […]
Food Donation Sites
The following is a list of known food donation sites within the WSWMD district towns: The information provided is a summary from the VT Foodbank Agency Locator, and some of the details may be incorrect, so please contact the pantries directly to confirm information. BRATTLEBORO AGAPE Christian Fellowship 30 Canal St 802-257-4069 [email protected] Brattleboro […]
Finance Committee Meeting- June 9, 2022 NO QUORUM
A quorum was not reached, so the meeting was not held. June agenda items, if applicable, will be added to the August meeting agenda.
Board of Supervisors Meeting-Approved Minutes- 6/9/22
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person Draft Minutes of June 9, 2022 Members Present: (In-person & Zoom) Dan Towler, Brookline; Kevin Stine, Dover Alternate; Lewis Sumner, Halifax, Doris Knechtel, Newfane; Dan Toomey, Putney; Irvin Stowell, Townshend; Sandra Rulewich, Vernon. Jim Damato, Readsboro (Alternate), Merrill […]
Recyclables
Please see our Recyclables page for details on what is acceptable and what is not. Please place recyclables loose in your recycling container, or if you bag it, always dump it out of plastic bags before putting into recycling bins! Placing non-recyclable items that we wish were recyclable — but are not — is something […]
Press Release 6/8/22- VT DEC awards annual grant
WSWMD receives annual grant from Vermont DEC for convenient, cost-effective household hazardous waste disposal CONTACT: John Fay, Programs & Operations Manager, WSWMD Brattleboro, VT –PRESS RELEASE: June 8, 2022 This May, the Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) re-opened its household hazardous waste (HHW) Depot. The HHW Depot first opened in May 2021 and in […]
Drywall
Drywall (gypsum wallboard, aka sheetrock) can be disposed of with Construction & Demolition Debris. It is a goal of the Vermont DEC to have drywall recycling available around the state. At this time, few options exist in our region to recycle the material. When drywall recycling becomes feasible in our District, WSWMD will offer the […]