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Under State law and the CSWD Solid Waste Management Ordinance, all businesses in Chittenden County must meet the following requirements:
Manage materials banned from landfills
Applies to: All businesses
Certain items and materials must not be mixed with trash. These include but are not limited to:
Learn moreProvide equal access to recycling
Applies to: Any business that provides publicly accessible trash/waste containers
Anyone in Chittenden County providing trash containers for public use must also provide an equal number of recycling bins. If customers or visitors can access your bins, this probably applies to your business.
Learn moreKeep food scraps separate from trash
Applies to: All businesses and their employees
Businesses meeting this threshold must keep food scraps and food-related residuals (such as whey, spent grain, etc.) separate from the trash. These materials may be donated, sold separately, composted or anaerobically digested instead of being sent to the landfill. Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law (Act148) will require this of all food scraps beginning in 2020.
Learn moreRequest exemption from recycling service
Applies to: Any business that does not contract for recycling service through their trash hauler
Businesses that decline recycling service must use the online form below or send us the pdf reporting version to report how they are keeping mandatory recyclables out of the landfill.
Learn moreReport materials shipped directly to market
Applies to: Any business that ships or markets solid waste, recyclables, or compostable materials to a facility not licensed by CSWD
If your business ships or markets more than two (2) tons of solid waste, recyclables AND/OR compostable materials to a facility not licensed by CSWD within or outside of Chittenden County, you must help us track our District’s solid waste generation and recovery by reporting this information to us annually by March 1.
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