WONDERING ABOUT A SPECIFIC ITEM?
Open the fields below to find out how to properly dispose of it. Contact us or ask an attendant if the item you are looking for isn’t listed here.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Hazardous Waste includes any household products labeled “caution, toxic, danger, hazard, warning, poisonous, reactive, corrosive, or flammable”
- EMPTY CONTAINERS
- Fireworks, Explosives
- Gasoline
- Oil – used or waste oil, waste oil filters
- Paint – oil, latex, paint thinner, varnish, stains
SINGLE-STREAM/BLUE BIN RECYCLING
Single Stream Recycling includes specific items – paper, cardboard, and clean containers (like bottles, cans, and jars) – that belong in a recycling bin.
- Aluminum cans, pie plates, and foil
- Cardboard
- Glass bottles and jars
- Paper (mixed)
- Plastic containers*: PLASTIC BOTTLES, JUGS, TUBS & LIDS
- #1 (PET) and #2 (HDPE) are banned from the landfill
- *Any Black Plastic is not recyclable and must be discarded as trash.
- Steel cans
All items listed belong in a blue recycling bin, and are mandatory recyclables. Items placed in the blue bin must be rinsed and clean, and follow the rule of two’s.
Corrugated Cardboard and Glass Bottles & Jars can be collected separately at the Stowe Transfer Station.
SPECIAL RECYCLING
Special Recycling Includes items that don’t belong in the recycling bin, but that can be recycled elsewhere.
- Appliances (clothes dryers, dishwashers, freezers, ranges, refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, water heaters)
- ASPHALT SHINGLES
- BATTERIES
- BOOKS (HARDCOVER)
- CELL PHONES
- Clothing/Textiles
- Drywall
- Electronics (computers, laptops, monitors, printers, televisions, TVs, VCRs, DVD players, game consoles, stereos, fax machines, keyboards, mouse, phones, MP3 players)
- FILM PLASTICS
- FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
- Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Lamps and Tubes; Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) (contains mercury)
- HOLIDAY LIGHTS
- INK CARTRIDGES
- LIQUID NICOTINE/VAPING DEVICES
- MAPLE TUBING
- Medical Waste
- Mercury-containing devices (thermometers, thermostats, switches, relays, neon signs)
- MIXED MEDIA: VHS, DVD, CASSETTE TAPES, ETC
- ORAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS
- PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS
- Pharmaceuticals
- Propane Tanks
- SCRAP METAL
- Syringes, Needles, Sharps
- Tires
FOOD SCRAPS & ORGANIC MATERIALS
Food Scraps and Organic Materials include items that will naturally break down in the proper environment and may be banned from the landfill in Vermont.
- CHRISTMAS TREES
- FOOD FOR DONATION
- FOOD SCRAPS
- LEAF & YARD DEBRIS – branches, limbs, logs, leaves, grass clippings, brush, clean untreated, unpainted wood
TRASH
Trash includes items that are only managed by landfill disposal.
- BLACK PLASTIC – No matter if there is a number on it
- EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (STYROFOAM)
- TRADITIONAL KITTY LITTER
- PHOTOGRAPHS
- CARTONS AND ASEPTIC CONTAINERS
Note: It is illegal to burn trash in the State of Vermont. It is also illegal to bury trash on your own property, or dump or deposit it anywhere other than a certified disposal facility. Mandated recyclables are not trash and should be properly handled as recyclable materials.
- See LRSWMD Facilities for proper disposal location options.
