About Us
Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (CVSWMD) is leading our communities to reduce waste! As a union municipality with a Zero Waste Implementation Plan, we provide valuable waste management programs and services to our 17 member cities and towns to assist them in proper waste disposal and reduction efforts.
| In 1987, the Vermont Legislature passed Act 78, the state’s first solid waste law, to help reduce and manage waste in the state. Act 78 created solid waste districts throughout the state. The 16 solid waste districts in Vermont are union municipalities that design regional solutions to the solid waste challenges faced by their member towns. CVSWMD was Chartered in 1987 to provide for disposal of solid waste generated by its member towns and cities. CVSWMD writes the Solid Waste Implementation Plan (SWIP) and meets other state requirements that towns and cities would otherwise have to provide for on their own. In 2004, we became leaders by adopting a Zero Waste SWIP.
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CVSWMD represents the overall interests of our members towns through our Board of Supervisors, which consists of a city/town appointed representative. We are frequently involved in state level solid waste policy planning and implementation. CVSWMD licenses private haulers to provide waste hauling services and drop-off locations for residents and businesses. With a full-time staff of seven and several part-time or on-call staff, we strive to provide ambitious programming that will make our district a leader both in Vermont and the nation when it comes to sustainable waste management and waste reduction. We hold numerous Special Collection Events each year and pride ourselves on being the go-to resource for "all things solid waste" for members.
Our award winning school and business composting programs continue to garner national attention, servicing all 25 public schools in the district and hauling food scraps from such institutions and businesses as the New England Culinary Institute, Ben and Jerry's, and National Life Insurance. Since these two programs began in 2004, we have worked with our partners, students, and business clients to divert over 8.5 million pounds of food waste from landfills and incinerators.
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Together with the community, we're building a beautiful, healthy and waste‐free central Vermont!
