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Bags (Plastic) & plastic film

| A-Z Disposal Guide

Plastic grocery bags can NOT be placed in the recycling drop-off containers or your curbside recycling containers. Please dispose of dirty plastic bags with your household trash. Please check with your local grocery stores for recycling programs. (Most grocery stores and Walmart offer plastic bag recycling, as long as the bags are clean and dry) […]

Fluorescent Bulbs

| A-Z Disposal Guide

Fluorescent bulbs come in many shapes and sizes, but all contain trace amounts of mercury, which is very dangerous to humans. It is illegal to trash fluorescent bulbs (and other mercury-containing devices) into the trash.  Please bring your bulbs to us for proper recycling. An access sticker is not required to recycle fluorescent bulbs. Screw-in CFL […]

Board of Supervisors- Meeting Minutes- 6/12/25

Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom* and In-person Approved Minutes of June 12, 2025   Members Present: Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair (interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Kevin Stine, Dover (alternate); Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Kate Ullman, Jamaica; Jim Damato, Readsboro; Irvin Stowell, Townshend; […]

Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- 5/8/25- Amended

Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom* and In-person Amended Minutes of May 8, 2025 Members Present: (In-person) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair(interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Dave Eastman, Guilford; Kevin Stine, Dover (alternate); Jim Damato, Readsboro; Irvin Stowell, Townshend; Sandra Rulewich, Vernon;); Liz […]

Finance Committee & Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- 4/10/2025

Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Finance Committee & Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person Minutes of April 10, 2025   Members Present: (In-person & Zoom) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Dan Baliotti, Dover; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Doris Knetchel, Newfane; Dan Toomey, Putney; Jim Damato, Readsboro; Irvin […]

Press Release- Solid Waste Grant received for Household Hazardous Waste Depot

| Information, WSWMD News

Brattleboro, VT – Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) is pleased to announce that they received a grant of $37,910.00 for operation of their Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Depot from the state of Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, a division of the Agency of Natural Resources. The WSWMD HHW collection depot accepts hazardous waste, special […]