Tire Roundup: New Tire Consolidation Program Saves VT Towns Money March 29, 2022 At the March 9th MOM meeting, NRRA members gathered at the Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) to hear Bob Spencer talk about several of their programs, including their new tire consolidation program. Small towns usually take many months or a year […]
WSWMD News
HHW Depot opens in May
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPOT reopens Thursday, May 5th @9am. Make an HHW Appointment
Swap Shop Reopening
SWAP SHOP is reopening! First “Donation Day” on Saturday, April 9 @8:30am. Swap Shop Details
Press Release-New Tire Bunker-1/11/2022
PRESS RELEASE January 11, 2022 Brattleboro, Vermont Windham Solid Waste Management District recently expanded its tire recycling facility to better serve its member town transfer stations, and the public. A new bunker has been installed that will hold more than 1,000 tires to have enough for collection by a licensed tire recycling contractor. […]
2021 Management and Materials Infrastructure Grant Awarded
Brattleboro, VT – The Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) has been awarded a materials management implementation grant of $78,136 by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), a division of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Grant funds will be used to improve the management of food scraps and household hazardous waste at the […]
WSWMD Solid Waste Implementation Plan (SWIP) Adopted
The Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) announces the adoption of its updated Solid Waste Implementation Plan (SWIP). The SWIP outlines how the District will meet the Vermont solid waste and recycling goals over the next 5 years for its 18 member towns (Brattleboro, Brookline, Dover, Dummerston, Guilford, Halifax, Jamaica, Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Somerset, Stratton, Readsboro, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Westminster, […]
WSWMD Solar Project
WSWMD has an agreement with Greenbacker Capital to operate our 5 megawatt AC solar array on the District’s closed and capped landfill. WSWMD will receive lease payments in the amount of $120,290 annually for at least a total of 20 years. The solar array was energized on July 3, 2018. The project consists of: Approximately […]