Paper gift wrap can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container.
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Flyers
Flyers can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container.
Newspaper
Newspaper can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container.
Paper
Paper (white or colored) can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container.
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 mixed good boxes, do NOT put 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 bring their cardboard for proper recycling, and boxes going straight into the building do not need to be broken down. Please remove strapping materials […]
Plastic Bottles & Glass Bottles
Plastic bottles, jugs, tubs, or lids such as beverage containers, laundry detergent, dish soap, lotion, and shampoo bottles – are recyclable in your regular curbside recycling, as well as WSWMD single stream recycling bin. Please do NOT recycle plastic bags, film plastic, pellet bags, or plant pots in either your curbside bin or at the […]
Books (Paperback)
Paperback books may be recycled in the recycling drop-off containers or in your curbside recycling containers. They may also be reused by bringing them to our Books program with Roundabout Books.
Books (Hardcover)
Hardcover books can NOT be placed in the recycling drop-off containers or in your curbside recycling containers, unless you have removed the cover and spine (the cover and spine would be trash). Intact books must go in the trash or be brought to our book recycling program during regular business hours.
Bookcase
If the bookcase is in good usable condition, try donating to our Swap shop, freecyle.org or a local reuse/thrift shop. If the bookcase is NOT in usable condition and must be disposed, bookcases are accepted during normal business hours. Cost: Calculated based on weight. See our Fees and Materials Accepted under “Trash” (for wooden bookcase) and “Scrap Metal” […]
Blueprint Paper
Blueprint Paper is NOT recyclable. Please dispose of blueprint paper with your household trash.
Bicycles
Bicycles are accepted during normal business hours, whether usable or not. If the bicycle is in good condition, please contact the swap shop: swapshop@windhamsolidwaste.org (Perhaps they will take it off your hands!) If the bicycle is not in usable condition, it would be considered scrap metal. Cost: See our Fees and Materials Accepted under “Scrap Metal”