Please recycle only the items that we deem recyclable.

Giving us non-recyclable material only increases our operating costs, which in turn wastes tax dollars. We understand that there should be the opportunity to recycle everything. The reality is, the recycling industry is not that large.

The following items are all that we can accept from curbside programs and in our recycling drop-off containers.

YES RECYCLABLE

• Mixed Paper and Cardboard
• Newspapers (inserts too)
• Junk mail (plastic wrap removed)
• Mixed office paper
• Magazines
• Books w/out hard covers
• Envelopes (windows okay)
• Phone books
• Corrugated cardboard, clean, dry, flattened
• Brown paper bags
• Boxboard (e.g. cereal boxes, pasta boxes, shoe boxes)
• Glass bottles and jars (lids okay)
• Aluminum cans
• Steel (Tin) cans
• Plastic bottles and jars (all #s, lids okay), rinsed

NOT RECYCLABLE

• Aseptic boxes (e.g. drink boxes, soymilk, boxed wine)
• Milk cartons
• Tissues
• Tyvek (non-tearing) envelopes
• Egg cartons
• Paper towels
• Waxed cardboard
• Plastic bags (can be recycled at Hannaford's)
• Styrofoam
• Light bulbs
• Window glass
• Ceramics
• Pyrex
• Kitchenware

We do have special recycling programs for hard cover books, textiles, and electronics, but these items need to be brought to designated containers at our Conveneience Center on Old Ferry Rd, Brattleboro.

We are accepting the low-grade, non-recyclable papers for composting! Check out Project COW on our home page.