Recyclopedia

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted as E-Waste at all Transfer Stations for a nominal charge

Try using what materials you don't want to get creative! Many arts supplies are not accepted in recycling. Visit Trash matcher for artistic ideas.

Hazardous Waste, may not be thrown in trash

Bring to Gleason Rd or a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Reduce the amount of child care items used by renting or finding secondhand items and using cloth diapers

Attempt to donate or sell items if your children outgrow them

Accepted as scrap metal at all Transfer Stations

Donate or sell if in good condition

If more than 80% metal, accepted as scrap metal at all Transfer Stations

Accepted as landfill as last resort

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted as landfill at Transfer Stations

Accepted as Hazardous Waste at all Transfer Stations, not to be put in landfill

Bring to a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Donate or sell if in good condition

Decommissioned boilers (gas, oil or wood-fired) may be disposed of at the Gleason road transfer station. These units may contain hazardous materials such as refrigerant, mercury devices, capacitors and ballasts. Once the boiler is inspected and any hazardous materials are removed, it will be recycled as scrap metal

Hazardous Waste, accepted at Transfer Stations

Bring to a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Contact local contracting business if they would like them

Accepted at Transfer Stations

Reuse for sending out other packages

Thin plastic film recycling- see plastic bags

Accepted as landfill at Transfer Stations

Makes great garden mulch, if weathered over a year of garden activity it can be added to a compost pile- post on Front Porch Forum to see if neighbors want it

Landfill at last resort

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted as E-Waste at all Transfer Stations

Accepted as E-waste at all Transfer Stations

Donate or sell if in good condition

If it has electric components, it must be disposed of at the Brandon, Castleton, Mt. Holly or Rutland Transfer Stations

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Accepted as recycling at all Transfer Stations

Any paper cartons containing liquids are coated with a plastic lining and can not be recycled in our system. See Gable-top

Accepted as E-Waste

Accepted as E-Waste

Hazardous waste, bring to Transfer Station or a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Accepted as E-Waste at some transfer stations

Accepted as E-waste

Donate or sell if in good condition

Several local churches also accept good, used clothing, contact your local church to see what items they accept

More information on donating here

Deconstruction Works is a non-profit organization selling used and surplus building materials and offering deconstruction services. Deconstructing a building can divert 75% of the material from the landfill. Contractor and homeowner materials donations are tax-deductible.

Contact Markowski Construction, Pittsford, VT, for concrete and asphalt disposal recycling option at 802.483.6469. Contact Wilk Paving for asphalt disposal recycling at 802.438.5454

Do NOT pour down drain, five (5) gallon limit for grease, accepted at RCSWD Transfer Station.

Last resort accepted as trash.

Contact Markowski Construction, Pittsford, VT, for concrete and asphalt disposal recycling option at 802.483.6469. Contact Wilk Paving for asphalt disposal recycling at 802.438.5454

The Gleason Rd Transfer Station accepts asphalt shingles and other construction and demolition supplies at a cost

Diapers should be placed in landfill trash only. Diapers are NOT compostable or recyclable. Even diapers labeled “compostable” are NOT accepted in Drop-Off Composting and should NOT be placed in your backyard compost pile. (Human and pet waste should not be placed in compost piles in any form.)

Recycle without shredding unless confidential

Loose, shredded documents accepted as recycling

Hazardous Waste, accepted at Gleason Rd Transfer Station or bring to a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Hazardous Waste, accepted at Gleason Rd Transfer Station or bring to a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Accepted as E-waste at all Transfer Stations

Chicken farmers reuse egg cartons

Paper ones can be recycled and styrofoam ones can either be thrown away or brought to Bristol to be recycled, paper ones are also great for vermicomposting

Accepted as recycling

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

If the product is still in working condition, try to sell or donate it

E-Waste: May not go in trash or recycling. Bring to Brandon, Castleton, Mt. Holly, or Gleason Road transfer station

Treated/painted wood accepted as construction debris, untreated wood accepted as natural wood waste, items more than 80% metal are accepted as scrap metal, all accepted at RCSWD Transfer stations

Treated wood $9-$14 per 8' section

Empty ABC-class can be taken as scrap metal, accepted empty or full at the Environmental Depot

Hazardous Waste: Unused and malfunctional fireworks can be dropped off at the Hazardous Waste Depot or during a collection event

Spent fireworks may be placed in trash

Fluorescent bulbs (CFLs, tube bulbs) contain mercury and are banned from being thrown in the trash. Find acceptable drop-off locations here.

Accepted as Hazardous Waste on Gleason Rd or bring to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Donate or sell if in good condition

If more than 80% metal it is accepted as scrap metal at Transfer Stations

Donate or sell if in good condition

If more than 80% metal it is accepted as scrap metal at all Transfer Stations

Throw away at last resort

If more than 80% metal it is accepted as scrap metal at all Transfer Stations, NOT in mixed recycling

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Sell or donate if in good condition

If not usable, Transfer Stations will collect it as debris

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Rd or to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Accepted at all Transfer Stations

Use paper bags, tissue paper and newspaper, or reusable gift bags instead of wrapping paper. Try reusing wrapping paper by avoiding tape and removing gently, then smooth out, fold up, and save for next year!

Put in with household trash.

Five(5) gallon limit, accepted as food scraps, accepted as landfill for last resort, large volumes are banned from landfill

Sell or donate if still in good condition

Accepted as scrap metal at all Transfer Stations if more than 80% metal

Hanger recycling options are limited: Wire hangers (including those coated with rubber) are recyclable in the scrap-metal bin, at no charge, at all Drop-Off Centers. Wooden hangers may be put in the “clean wood” bunker where available at a Drop-Off Center ONLY IF the wood has not been glued, stained or otherwise coated with a finish. All other hangers must be disposed of as trash. Please do not put any hanger, of any material, in your recycling bin.

Recycle unwanted or older hearing aids and assistive devices at the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Securely package the donation and mail to: Hear Now 6700 Washington Avenue South Eden Prairie, MN 55344 866-354-3254

Alliance Computer Exchange will accept them by mail and they are 80% metal they are accepted at Transfer Stations as scrap metal

Alliance Computer Exchange 67 West Vine st, Alliance, OH 44601

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Sell or donate if in good condition

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Accepted at Staples in Rutland

Not accepted in mixed recycling

Put in trash as last resort

Donate or sell if in good condition

E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

Donate or sell if in good condition

Vehicle Disposal Recycling Center 888-495-5886 accepts

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted as scrap metal at Transfer Stations if more than 80% metal

K-Cups cannot currently be recycled in Rutland County. They should be disposed of with regular landfill trash or sent to the recycling facility in CT.

If free of coffee grounds, aluminum lids can be combined into a large ball and placed in your blue bin or in a scrap metal bin at any Drop-Off Center.

The plastic cup is too small to be recycled in our facility, and should be placed in regular trash. 

Accepted at all Transfer Stations, if more than 80% metal it is accepted as scrap metal

Do not let paint dry out intentionally. Then it won't be recyclable through the hazardous waste program.

Check out the Paint Care web site to learn how to estimate the amount of paint needed, and to see the closest drop-off locations.

Paint and paint thinners from households are accepted for free at Gleason Road and a Transfer Station during Hazardous Waste Collection

Fishing sinkers accepted as scrap metal

Paint chips are considered Hazardous Waste bring to a Transfer Station on a collection day

Use as compost

Yard waste with no sticks in it (leaves/grass) are accepted at all Transfer Stations. Natural wood, including stumps, are accepted as brush.

Halogen, incandescent, and infrared light bulbs do not contain hazardous materials and can be disposed of with regular household trash

NOT compostable, throw in trash

These items are required by the Department of Environmental Conservation to be separated from the trash and recycled. They may be placed in curbside bins or brought to any transfer station: aluminum & steel cans, aluminum foil, aluminum pie plates, glass food & beverage bottles & jars, rigid plastic packaging & containers, boxboard & corrugated cardboard, white & colored paper, newspaper, magazines, catalogs, paper mail & envelopes, paper bags.

Bring this material to the Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District in Georgia, VT, where it will be baled and hauled away for recycling. NWSWMD accepts tubing year-round. Please call ahead to make arrangements. Contact Tom Reynolds at (802) 524-5986; info@nwswd.org. Polyethylene (PE) tubing only. NO PVC tubing. To determine whether your tubing is made from PE or PVC: clip off a sample and put it in a bowl of water. PE floats; PVC sinks. Plastic taps, tees and other fittings are OK to leave attached to tubing. Material must be as clean as possible in order to make this recycling program successful. If possible, cut mainline into 4-foot lengths. Coil or bundle tubing. Tie bundles together with tubing; do not use string or other material. NO drainage, sewer, or water service lines. NO string or metal of any kind (wires, wire ties, metal hose clamps).

Accepted at all Transfer Stations as mixed debris

Charged by weight, minimum of 100 lbs

Needles, Syringes and other medical sharps from home care must be properly contained in a durable plastic container (such as a laundry bottle), taped shut, and labeled "DO NOT RECYCLE" and thrown in trash. See the full guidance for proper disposal and what to do as a commercial generator of large quantities of medical waste.

Hazardous Waste: May not be thrown in trash or recycling. Bring to Gleason Rd Transfer Station depot or a Hazardous Waste Collection event.

Find out what products contain mercury. Mercury can be found in various devices in residential buildings. When a mercury-containing product breaks and the mercury is spilled, the exposed mercury can evaporate and become an invisible, odorless toxic vapor.

Accepted at all Transfer Stations

Sell or donate if in good condition

If more than 80% metal accepted as scrap metal at all Transfer Stations

Sell or donate if still in good condition

Throw away in trash if broken

Wrap in plastic bag to make sure all sharps are covered

Sell or donate if in good condition

E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or a Transfer Station during a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Part out and sell what you can

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted at Transfer Stations in a bag with other miscellaneous E-waste for $5

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Use as wrapping paper

Shred and use in compost

Accepted as recycling at all Transfer Stations, If shredded throw in trash.

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Rd or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Do not let paint dry out intentionally. Then it won't be recyclable through the hazardous waste program.

Check out the Paint Care web site to learn how to estimate the amount of paint needed, and to see the closest drop-off locations.

Paint and paint thinners from households are accepted for free at Gleason Road and a Transfer Station during Hazardous Waste Collection

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Styrofoam packing peanuts can be reused by other businesses

Do not let paint dry out intentionally. Then it won't be recyclable through the hazardous waste program.

Check out the Paint Care web site to learn how to estimate the amount of paint needed, and to see the closest drop-off locations.

Paint and paint thinners from households are accepted for free at Gleason Road and a Transfer Station during Hazardous Waste Collection

Carbonless (NCR, receipts) paper cannot be recycled and must be disposed of in your regular trash. To avoid sending this to the landfill, don't ask for a receipt from digital payment machines. Wrapping paper is not recyclable either and must go in trash.

Most other paper accepted as recyclable

Accepted as recycling or compost at all Transfer Stations

If the pizza box is greasy or food-contaminated, and made of cardboard, it can still be composted.

Clean pizza boxes are accepted for recycling at all Transfer Stations and by most haulers offering curbside recycling in Rutland County.

Boxes must be free of food debris. 

Empty, clean 3D containers may be recycled as long as they are at least 2" in any direction. Check the bottoms to make sure they are labeled 1 (PET), 2 (HDPE) or 5 (PP).

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Electrical cords may be placed into scrap metal, chargers should be kept with the item, bags of chargers are accepted at all Transfer Stations

Accepted as construction debris at all Transfer Stations except Hinesburg, larger loads accepted at Casella in Williston along with the Transfer Station

Sell or donate if in good condition

E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Sell or donate if in good condition

Accepted as recycling at all Transfer Stations

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Rd or a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

Sell or donate if still in good condition

Accepted as scrap metal at all Transfer Stations if more than 80% metal

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or a Transfer Station during Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Vinyl Van (802-658-4143) will pick up residential for a small fee

Contact music businesses to see if they will buy or accept vinyl

Donate or sell if in good condition

Substances used to melt ice on sidewalks and driveways–chemical ice melt, rock salt, road salt, sodium chloride–are not hazardous and can be thrown away in your household trash.

Sell or donate if in good condition

E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

Anything that is 80% or more metal. Includes white goods (not containing freon). Accepted at most transfer stations.

E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Recyclable (not in bags)

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Accepted as E-waste at all Transfer Stations

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Hazardous waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Accepted as E-waste at all Transfer Stations

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or bring to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason rd or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Please donate and properly dispose of everything you can before sending items to the landfill. Some items are even banned from landfill disposal in Vermont. Up to 1 cubic yard (about 6 full 33 gallon bags) of regular household trash may be brought to any RCSWD transfer station. Residents and businesses may also contract with a trash hauling service for curbside pick-up. RCSWD does not pick up trash or recycling. Dumpsters and container rentals as well as large or special item pick-ups may be arranged with a local hauling service.

Accepted at all Transfer Stations

Sell and part out what you can

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day

If more than 80% metal, accepted as scrap metal

Manual and electric ones are accepted at all Transfer Stations

Accepted as E-waste at most Transfer Stations

Sell or donate if in good condition

Larger, regularly-generated quantities of cooking oil can often can be collected and beneficially reused. Ask the company that supplies you with oils to recommend a collection agent. Use of vegetable oils for fuel in converted diesel cars is increasing. Alternatively, the following businesses or individuals accept commercial quantities of used cooking oil and grease for recycling. Call each business or individual directly for fees and details.

• Baker Commodities – Williston, VT – 802-659-0721
• Amenico – Pittsfield NH – 603-228-3611
• EnviroTek, USA – Billerica, MA – 1-800-405-9983
• White Mountain Biodiesel, LLC – North Haverhill, NH – 603-728-7351,
• Nava Bio-Energy Ltd – Brookfield, VT – 802-272-4879

Accepted as E-waste at all Transfer Stations

Attempt to donate, unless broken

These items are not accepted in your blue bin or curbside recycling program

GreenDisk is an independent company that provides recycling of videotapes

Accepted as household trash at all Transfer Stations

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

Accepted for a small fee at all Transfer Station

NOT recyclable or compostable

Place in with regular trash

Visit the Recork web site for options, send them to a company in Missouri called Yemm and Hart, Cheese Traders & Wine Sellers in South Burlington will also accept wine corks (both natural and synthetic) for recycling from their customers.

Put in household trash

Considered E-waste, accepted at all Transfer Stations

Hazardous Waste, bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on a Hazardous Waste Collection Day

These films contain small amounts of silver, which is hazardous even in minute quantities

Bring to Gleason Road or to a Transfer Station on Hazardous Waste Collection Day