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Please dispose of your charcoal in the garbage once it is cold.

Cassette tapes are NOT recyclable.  Please dispose of in your household trash.

Carbon Monoxide Detectors are NOT recyclable.  Please dispose of your Carbon Monoxide Detectors in the garbage. Carbon Monoxide Detectors do not contain hazardous materials.

Butane lighters are NOT recyclable.  Please dispose of your butane lighters in the garbage. Empty butane fuel (refill cans) are also trash. Butane fuel refills with product still left in them are hazardous and should be disposed of at our Household Hazardous Waste Depot.

Broken glass is NOT recyclable.  Please try to pad the glass to decrease the chance of accidental cuts.

Guns are NOT accepted at the WSWMD.  For unwanted or unusable guns please contact your local police department or the Vermont State Police. Brattleboro Police Department 230 Main St., Brattleboro VT 05301 (802)257-7950 Dover Police Department (802)464-2020 Wilmington Police Deparment 2 E. Main St., Wilmington VT 05363 (802)464-8593 Windham County Sheriff’s Department 11 Jail St., Newfane VT […]

Bullets are NOT accepted at the Transfer Station.  For unwanted or unused bullets please contact your local police department or the Vermont State Police. Brattleboro Police Department (802) 257-7950 Dover Police Department (802) 464-2020 Wilmington Police Deparment (802) 464-8593 Windham County Sheriff’s Department (802) 365-4942 Vermont State Police (802) 722-4600  

Manila folders can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container.  

Brochures can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container. At the transfer station, please recycle brochures in our mixed good boxes, do NOT put in the cardboard recycling box.  

Aseptic containers with foil liners are NOT recyclable at recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container. Aseptic containers (with foil liners) can NOT be composted in our C.O.W dumpster or your curbside compost container. Please dispose of your aseptic container in your household trash.

Christmas tree lights are NOT recyclable at recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container. Otherwise, please dispose of your Christmas tree lights in your household trash. Please bring them to the scale house during normal business hours if not in the trash.