Town of Middlebury - Public Works - Transfer Station - Accepted Items

Accepted Residential Items:

Household Garbage Disposal @ No Charge

Newspaper & Inserts – Single Stream Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Newspapers & any inserts delivered with newspapers, Junk mail, magazines etc.
Not Included: shiny paper, books
Preparation: Tie stacks of newspaper with string or bundle in brown paper grocery bags.

Magazines/Junk Paper - Single Stream Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Magazines, catalogs, junk mail, office paper, envelopes, fax paper, sweepstakes forms, school paper, non-metallic wrapping paper, construction paper, color inserts, real estate books, and NCR paper.
Preparation: Deliver to the Transfer Station in loose form (no bags, boxes or strings). If material is collected in a bag or box, it must be emptied out into the container at the Transfer Station or put in a brown paper bag next to your bin for curbside pickup

Cardboard – Single Stream Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Brown Cardboard - Double-walled cardboard shipping cartons, shoe boxes, pizza boxes, gift boxes, cereal boxes etc.
Not Included: Waxed cardboard,
Preparation: Flatten, stack and tie in large quantities.

Plastic – Single Stream Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Symbols 1 & 2 PET/PETE Soda & mineral water bottles, ketchup bottles, peanut butter jars IIDPE: Milk & water jugs, detergent, bleach & shampoo bottles, plastic coated milk containers, etc.
Not Included: Styrofoam, Food Wrap, Toys, Recycling Symbols 3 through 7
Preparation: Check for number code. Remove and discard caps. Rinse clean. Labels & neck rings okay. Don’t crush.

Metal Cans – Single Stream Recycled - No Charge
Includes: Tin and aluminum cans and food wraps. Such as: soup and vegetable cans, pie plates and aluminum foil, etc.
Not Included: Scrap metal, toasters, pots, pans, hangers, aerosols
Preparation: Rinse clean

Glass – Single Stream Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Clear, brown and green food and beverage containers, such as soda, juice and wine bottles, mayonnaise and jelly jars, etc.
Not Included: Drinking glass, light bulbs, ceramics, window glass, mirror glass
Preparation: Discard lids. Rinse clean. Labels and neck rings okay.

Phone Books – Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Local SBC telephone books.
Not Included: other books, magazines, etc.
Preparation: Deliver to the Transfer Station.

Scrap Metal – Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Light scrap metal, white goods, aluminum, copper, brass, tools, water tanks, pipes, aluminum siding, copper wire, faucets
Not Included: Propane tanks, oil based paint cans, heating oil, fuel oil and gasoline tanks
Preparation: Check with Transfer Center Operator

Waste Oil and Antifreeze Recycled @ No Charge
Only used crankcase oil, automatic transmission fluid or antifreeze
Not accepted (includes but is not limited to) hydraulic oil, cutting oil, gasoline, parts cleaner, solvents.
Preparation: Place in clean plastic or metal jug (do not use empty bleach containers) and see attendant for further instructions when dropping off at Transfer Station. 

 

Batteries - Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Car batteries, truck batteries, boat batteries, tractor batteries, motorcycle batteries.
Not Included: Flashlight batteries, hearing aid batteries, watch batteries
Preparation: Deliver to drop-off center or return to store where replacement battery was purchased.

Electronics - Recycled @ No Charge
Includes: Computers, Laptops, Servers, Keyboards, Monitors, Printers, Scanners, Copiers, Fax Machines, Electric Typewriters, Power Supplies, Chargers, Transformers, Power Strips, Circuit Breakers, CD and DVD Players, Radios, Stereo Equipment, Receivers, Amplifiers, LCD TVs, Plasma TVs, Telephones, Shredders, Circuit Boards, Hard Drives, Plastic Bodied Electric Power Tools, Plastic Bodied Electric Appliances, Cell Phones, Light Ballasts, Fluorescent Lights, NiMH Batteries and Li-ion Batteries.

Yard Waste Disposal @ No Charge
Includes: Foliage from trees, grass clippings, clean brush 4” in or less in diameter and 4’ or less in length

Preparation: Check with Transfer Station Operator
 
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