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; […]
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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
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 Newspaper Junk mail Envelopes […]
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 […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting Notice & Agenda 1/8/26 @ 6 PM
Board of Supervisors Meeting Notice and Agenda Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. Via Zoom* and In Person: @327 Old Ferry Rd, Brattleboro, VT 05301 1. Roll call of Supervisors 2. Changes and/or Additions to the Agenda 3. Approval of Minutes- December 2025 4. Approval of Check Register- December 2025 5. Approval of Financial […]
Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes- 12/11/25
Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) Brattleboro, Vermont Board of Supervisors Meeting Via Zoom and In-person Draft Minutes of December 11, 2025 Members Present: (In-person) Chair: Michelle Cherrier, Dummerston; Vice Chair(interim): Dan Toomey, Putney; Amanda Ellis-Thurber, Brattleboro; Stanley Noga, Jr, Brookline; Kevin Stine, Dover (alternate); Dave Eastman, Guilford; Stephan Chait, Halifax (alternate); Kate Ullman, […]
BOS Meeting Notice & Agenda- 12/11/25 @6PM
Board of Supervisors Meeting Notice and Agenda Thursday, December 11 @ 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- November 2025 Approval of Check Register- November 2025 Approval of Financial Statement- November 2025 Ratify FY 27 Budget, Capital Plan & Member Town […]