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New Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) Project
New Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) Update (4/29/2025) CSWD is constructing a new state-of-the-art Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) to sort and prepare blue-bin recyclables for market.…
Backyard Composting Workshop
Resource List Backyard Composting Workshop
Organics Recycling Facility, home of Green Mountain Compost Tour
Resource List Organics Recycling Facility, home of Green Mountain Compost Tour
NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE
Chittenden Solid Waste District The Chittenden Solid Waste District (“CSWD” or the “District”), acting by and through its Board of Commissioners, pursuant to the…
Battery Blitz Contest Drives Sustainability Engagement With Local Students
Collaboration Between Call2Recycle, Chittenden Solid Waste District and Earth Rangers Boosts Environmental Awareness in Vermont Schools (ATLANTA, Ga) April 18, 2025 — Call2Recycle, the…
Volunteer as a Waste Warrior this Summer
Are you passionate about recycling, composting, and reducing waste? If you find yourself carrying your apple core home because there’s no compost bin in…
Ditch Disposables: A Business Guide to the Single Use Products Law
At the grocery store or your favorite cafe, you won’t find many plastic bags or Styrofoam cups these days. That is because the 2019…
Business Spotlight: Fourbital Factory
Keeping Textile Waste Out of the Landfill Since Fourbital Factory’s opening in Burlington three years ago, they have made it their mission to ensure…
School Spotlight: Essex Westford School District’s Share Cooler Program
To celebrate Food Waste Prevention Week in April, CSWD would like to highlight successful program that does just that AND feeds hungry kids to…
What Goes Where: Understanding Recycling at CSWD
Have you ever wondered what happens to the items you toss into your blue-bin? At CSWD, we’re committed to ensuring recyclables are processed efficiently…
Planning a Waste Audit: Learn, Connect, and Take Action!
When you hear the words Waste Audit, what comes to mind? Maybe someone hunched over a calculator, surrounded by trash bags and paperwork? Not…
Webinar: Methods to Manage Food Scraps
Did you know that wasted food accounts for over half (58%) of methane emissions from U.S. landfills (EPA)? Tune into CSWD’s February webinar (2025),…
Make Composting Your New Year’s Resolution
Vermont is one of just nine states with a law requiring people to compost their organics. Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law (Act 148), which prohibits…
Call2Recycle Partners with CSWD and Earth Rangers for Battery Blitz School Contest
Battery Recycling Contest Inspires Students to Promote Sustainability and Recover Valuable Materials FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA, Ga. — Call2Recycle, the nation’s largest consumer battery…
CSWD Announces Expansion of Services and Hours at Drop-Off Center in Burlington
The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) is pleased to announce significant enhancements to its operations at the Drop-Off Center (DOC) in Burlington, located at…
Media Alert: CSWD Receives Hazardous Waste Management Grant from VT Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Williston, VT – The Chittenden Solid Waste District has been awarded a grant worth $111,323 by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to help cover costs for providing facilities and…
CSWD Collaborates with ‘Astronomers Without Borders’ to Give Solar Eclipse Glasses Another Use
Post-Eclipse Glasses Collection Throughout Chittenden County South Burlington, VT – In anticipation of the upcoming solar eclipse event on April 8, 2024, Chittenden Solid…
CSWD report shows Chittenden County ranks among top waste-busting U.S. communities
PRESS RELEASE Chittenden County households and businesses kept an estimated 57% (by weight) of all their commonly generated “stuff,” including construction and demolition (C&D)…
Why We Will No Longer Accept Compostable Foodware
As Vermont’s largest commercial compost facility, CSWD’s Organics Diversion Facility transforms more than 5,000 tons of food scraps from our community into high quality Green Mountain Compost brand compost and topsoil every year. By turning food into soil…
We have it covered
It’s a rare and special treat when a small, hardworking municipal district receives exposure in a national trade publication–and the cover shot, no less!…
MRF Bond
CSWD MRF Receives Overwhelming Support On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Chittenden County voters approved authorization for the Chittenden Solid Waste District to issue general…
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