Wondering what to do with?… Search our handy A-Z Disposal Guide to find out how to properly dispose of (or recycle) most common household items.
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 […]
Read More...Cassette Player
Cassette players are banned from Vermont landfills, however, we are a drop-off site for VT State e-waste recycling. Please check in at the scale house, most items require a disposal fee, but do NOT require an access sticker or day pass. See our E-Waste page for more information.
Read More...Cassette Tapes
Cassette tapes are NOT recyclable. Please dispose of in your household trash.
Read More...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 […]
Read More...Catalogs
Catalogs can be recycled at all recycling drop-off locations or in your curbside recycling container. At the transfer station, please recycle magazines in our mixed good boxes, do NOT put in the cardboard recycling box. (Staples do not need to be removed prior to recycling)
Read More...CD Players
CD players are banned from Vermont landfills, however, we are a drop-off site for VT State e-waste recycling. Please check in at the scale house, most items require a disposal fee, but do not require an access sticker or day pass. See our E-Waste page for more information.
Read More...CDs & DVDs
CDs and DVDs are NOT recyclable locally, but both are accepted during normal business hours as trash. Greendisk offers a mail-in option for recycling some types of obsolete technology – “technotrash”. (This service does charge a fee, please check their website for more information). If the mail-in option or a reuse/thrift store isn’t viable, please […]
Read More...Cell Phones
Cell phones are banned from Vermont landfills but are accepted at the scale house during normal business hours at no charge. Cell phones contain lithium ion rechargeable batteries and should not be thrown into the trash to avoid a battery fire. Please bring all cell phones, chargers and extra batteries to the scale house for […]
Read More...Ceramics
Ceramics (coffee mugs, bowls, plates) and other pottery are NOT recyclable. Please dispose of them in your trash. At the transfer station, please do not put in the recycling box.
Read More...Chairs (Non upholstered)
Wooden and/or non upholstered chairs are accepted during normal business hours. The cost is calculated by weight, see our Fees and Materials Accepted under “Trash”. Metal chairs can be disposed of in our metal box. The cost is calculated by weight, see our Fees and Materials Accepted under “Scrap Metal”
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