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 [...]
Have you added de-cluttering to your list of New Year’s resolutions? Here’s a quick list to help you fulfill that resolution so you can get on to more interesting ones, like getting outside to play more and spending more time with friends and family. – CSWD’s A-Z List: Just type in the item or material [...]
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 [...]
Just two weeks remain to apply for $46,500 in grant money being offered by the Chittenden Solid Waste District to make recycling and composting easier at your business or institution! “Trash cans have long been commonplace in public areas, and we’re increasingly hearing from the public that they want the same opportunities for recycling at [...]
The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) wants to end lonely trash can syndrome. “Trash cans have long been commonplace in public areas, and we’re increasingly hearing from the public that they want the same opportunities for recycling at the businesses, parks, and institutions that they frequent,” says Michele Morris, CSWD Business Outreach Coordinator. To accomplish [...]
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 [...]
CSWD does not pick up recycling, but the City of Burlington has notified us that they will NOT be picking up curbside recycling on Tuesday, March 8, Wednesday March 9, Thursday March 10, and Friday March 11, 2011 due to inclement weather. Recycling for these days will resume next week on regularly scheduled days. Burlington [...]