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What’s more satisfying than installing rows and rows of seedlings into your garden? Not much. Keep that green glow going by giving those now-empty plastic pots and flats a rinse and popping them into your recycling bin. That’s right — they’re recyclable! As long as you clean out the dirt, you can recycle them along [...]
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This year’s uniquely Vermont event known as Green Up Day will happen on Saturday, May 5th, 2012. On that day, residents and businesses across the state will be scouring the landscape to collect debris left by roadsides, washed into creeks, and hiding in other places that should be green and pristine instead of littered with, [...]
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency wants your drugs … the leftover ones, that is! On Saturday, April 28, 2012, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., local constabulary will be on hand at various locations to accept your leftover prescription drugs for proper destruction. This is particularly helpful if you have leftover dangerous or addictive medications that [...]
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Back in the dark ages of recycling 25 years ago, Chittenden County households were for the most part able to recycle only newspapers, cans, and bottles, at community drop-off sites. Limited recycling was available for other materials. Nowadays, we can recycle a wide array of products and materials right at our curbs and at a [...]
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Ever think of your recycling bin as a love letter? In honor of Valentine’s Day, send a message of love to Planet Earth by filling your recycling bin rather than your trash can this week. At the end of the week, you will be amazed at how little trash you have to send to the [...]
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Let’s be honest: For most people, ”waste reduction” is not a phrase that makes your heart go pitter-patter. But when you get together with a group of people from your community and talk about how recycling can help reduce our dependence on foreign oil or save resources for the future, or that by composting you can [...]
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It takes a community to make recycling work and at CSWD we believe in supporting recycling and composting efforts by businesses, municipalities, groups, and schools with tools and programs … and money! CSWD is offering 3 grants to kickstart your efforts, but you’ll have to act fast: Deadlines are fast approaching. Here’s a quick peek [...]
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Every September, your old bike or sewing machine gets a chance to be new again. The group Pedals 4 Progress will gladly accept your old rig, plus $10 for shipping, and send it off to someone in a developing country who will do more with it than move it from one side of the garage [...]
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Planning an event? Don’t forget recycling bins! At CSWD, we’ll loan you all the bins you need for recycling and composting — FREE! When you set recycling and composting bins next to each trash can, you will be amazed at how it cuts down on the amount of trash you have to deal with (and [...]
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We are happy to announce that starting July 1, Vermont residents, school districts, charities and businesses with 10 or fewer employees can recycle their televisions, computers, computer peripherals and printers at any CSWD Drop-Off Center for free! CSWD will continue current pricing for electronic items such as stereos, telephones, DVD players and more that are [...]
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