Recyclopedia

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

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

Contact your local library to see if they would accept them

Paperback books may be recycled at any transfer station

Large quantities of unwanted hardback books may be dropped off at a transfer station for a charge.

Wet, moldy, or mildewy books must be thrown in the trash.

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

Last resort accepted as trash.

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

If in good condition, donate

If more than 80% metal, it can be accepted as scrap metal at Transfer Station

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.

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

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

Accepted at all Transfer Stations as mixed debris

Charged by weight, minimum of 100 lbs

Sell or donate if in good condition

Accepted as recycling at all Transfer Stations

Use to fill in holes on your property or driveway - NOT accepted at Transfer Stations

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

Ceramic sinks can be brought to:

• Architectural Salvage Warehouse 11 Maple Street, Essex Junction (802-879-4221)
• Habitat for Humanity ReStore 528 Essex Road, Williston (802-857-5296)
• ReSource Building Materials Center Pine Street, Burlington (802-846-4015)
• A. Marcelino & Co., Landfill Rd. (off Patchen Rd.), So. Burlington (802-862-6383)
• Ranger Asphalt & Concrete Processing LLC
• 1607 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester (802-655-2005) will crush and recycle for a small fee

Sell or donate if in good condition

If more than 80% metal, accepted as scrap metal

If more than 80% metal, accepted as scrap metal

Manual and electric ones are accepted at all 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

Donate or sell if in good condition

Accepted as scrap metal if more than 80% metal

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