CVSWMD provides leadership, education, and services for residents and businesses in reducing and managing their solid waste in order to protect public health and the environment to the greatest extent feasible.

The District is made up of a Board of Supervisors that represent all member towns, and an office and field staff who implement organizational programming and events.

The Board of Supervisors meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm, except January, July and August. Please see the calendar on this Web site for meeting location.

Board members also join committees to work on specific aspects of running the organization. The committees meet separately during the month; the following is the general meeting schedule:

• Executive Committee — meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 pm at the District office
• Financial Oversight Committee — meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6 pm at the District office
• Program Oversight Committee — meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 5 pm at the District office.
• Lawrence Walbridge Reuse Fund Committee — meets the 4th Monday of each month at 4:30pm at the District office.

All District board and committee meetings are open to the public. Please call to confirm meeting date, time, and location as schedule changes may occur.

Member communities:
Addison, Bridport, Cornwall, Ferrisburg, Goshen, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlebury, Monkton, New Haven, Orwell, Panton, Ripton, Shoreham, Starksboro, Vergennes, Waltham, Weybridge, Whiting

Member communities:
Arlington, Dorset, Manchester, Pownal, Rupert, Sandgate, Shaftsbury, Stamford, Sunderland

Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (www.cvswmd.org)

Member communities:
Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, Bradford, Calais, Chelsea, East Montpelier, Hardwick, Marshfield, Middlesex, Montpelier, Orange, Plainfield, Roxbury, Tunbridge, Walden, Washington, Williamstown, Woodbury

Chittenden Solid Waste District (www.cswd.net)

Member communities:
Bolton, Burlington, Charlotte, Colchester, Essex, Essex Junction, Hinesburg, Huntington, Jericho, Milton, Richmond, St. George, Shelburne, South Burlington, Underhill, Westford, Williston, Winooski

Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District (www.guvswd.org)

Member communities:
Bridgewater, Hartland, Norwich, Pomfret, Sharon, Strafford, Thetford, Vershire, West Fairlee, Woodstock

Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District (www.lrswmd.org)

Member communities:
Belvidere, Cambridge, Craftsbury, Eden, Elmore, Hyde Park, Johnson, Morristown, Stowe, Waterville, Wolcott, Worcester

Londonderry Group

Member communities:
Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru, Weston, Windham

Mad River Solid Waste Alliance

Member communities:
Duxbury, Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield, Warren, Waterbury

Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District (www.nekwmd.org)

Member communities:
Averill, Averys Gore, Barnet, Bloomfield, Brighton, Brunswick, Concord, Danville, Derby, East Haven, Ferdinand, Granby, Groton, Guildhall, Holland, Irasburg, Lewis, Lunenburg, Lyndon, Maidstone, Morgan, Newark, Peacham, Ryegate, Sheffield, Stannard, Sutton, Victory, Waterford, Warren Gore, Warners Grant, Westmore, Wheelock

Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District  (www.nwswd.org)

Member communities:
Alburg, Bakersfield, Berkshire, Enosburg, Fairfield, Fletcher, Isle LaMotte, Montgomery, North Hero, Richford, St. Albans City, Sheldon, South Hero

Rutland County Solid Waste District  (www.rcswd.com)

Member communities:
Brandon, Castleton, Clarendon, Danby, Hubbardton, Ira, Killington, Mendon, Mt. Tabor, Pittsford, Poultney, Proctor, Rutland City, Wallingford, Wells, West Rutland

Solid Waste Alliance Communities  (www.rutlandcountyswac.org)

Member communities:
Benson, Chittenden, Fair Haven, Middletown Springs, Pawlet, Rutland Town, Shrewsbury,
Sudbury, Tinmouth, West Haven

Southern Windsor/Windham County Solid Waste Management District

Member communities:
Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish, Chester, Grafton, Ludlow, Plymouth, Reading, Rockingham, Springfield, Weathersfield, Westminster, West Windsor, Windsor

Tri-Town Agreement

Member communities:
Braintree, Brookfield, Randolph

White River Alliance

Member communities:
Barnard, Bethel, Hancock, Pittsfield, Rochester, Royalton, Stockbridge

Windham Solid Waste Management District  (www.wswmd.org)

Member communities:
Brattleboro, Brookline, Dover, Dummerston, Guilford, Halifax, Jamaica, Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Readsboro, Stratton, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, Whitingham, Wilmington, Winhall

Fred Thumm, Chair
Lee Cattaneo, Vice Chair
Dave Barnowski
Ginny Callan
Bill Powell
Fred White

Financial Oversight Committee (FOC)

Mia Moore, Co-Chair
Bill Powell, Co-Chair
Fred Thumm

Program Oversight Committee

Lee Cattaneo
Gerry D’Amico
Steve Gould
Nancy Wolfe

Lawrence Walbridge Reuse Fund Committee (LWRFC)

Ginny Callan, Chair
Anita Krauth
Matt Levin
Nancy Wolfe

Member Towns and Board Representatives

Barre City – Nancy Wolfe
Barre City alternate – Steve Micheli
Barre Town ­ Fred Thumm
Barre Town alternate – Jack Mitchell
Berlin – Matt Levin
Bradford – Gerhard Postpischil
Calais – Bill Powell
Chelsea – Steve Gould
Chelsea alternate – Mark Lembke
East Montpelier – Ginny Callan
Hardwick – Paul Fixx
Marshfield – Peter Sills
Middlesex – Anita Krauth
Montpelier – Mia Moore
Montpelier alternate – Andy Hooper
Orange – Lee Cattaneo
Plainfield – Vacant
Roxbury – Gerry D’Amico
Tunbridge – Vacant
Walden – Bryan Lynaugh
Washington – Vacant
Williamstown – Vacant
Woodbury – Dave Barnowski

The CVSWMD is one of the three largest Districts in the state, serving 60,000 residents in 22 diverse member communities in central Vermont. Funding for District programs and services is derived from:

• a surcharge on garbage disposal in the region;
• user fees for trash and hazardous waste collections and some recyclable materials at our facilities;
• a per capita tax paid by member municipalities;
• grant funding awarded through competitive federal, state and private grant application processes;
• composting program revenue; and
• interest income.

Other Solid Waste Districts/Alliances

• Barre City
• Barre Town
• Berlin
• Bradford
• Calais
• Chelsea
• East Montpelier
• Hardwick
• Marshfield
• Middlesex
• Montpelier
• Orange
• Plainfield
• Roxbury
• Tunbridge
• Walden
• Washington
• Williamstown
• Woodbury

General Manager
— Leesa Stewart

Administrative Assistant & District Clerk
— Barb Baird

Bookkeeper
— Annette Martin

Program Manager
— Mia Roethlein

School Compost Coordinator
— Theresa Murray-Clasen

School Zero Waste Coordinator
— Gwen Lyons-Baker

Field Staff
Dave Cinelli
Tedley Coles
Bob Freeman

The Board of Supervisors meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7 pm, except January, July, and August. Please call the office for meeting location or see the Events Calendar on this site.

Board members also join committees to work on specific aspects of running the organization. The committees meet separately during the month; the following is the general meeting schedule:

• Executive committee — meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm at the District office
• Financial Oversight Committee — meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the District office
• Program Oversight Committee — meets the 1st Wednesday of month prior to the full Board meeting, at 5 pm at the District office.
• Lawrence Walbridge Reuse Fund Committee — meets the 4th Monday of each month at 4:30 pm at the District office.

All District board and committee meetings are open to the public. Please call to confirm meeting date, time, and location as schedule changes may occur.

The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District developed a new Solid Waste Implementation Plan (SWIP) to comply with the state of Vermont’s new plan. The SWIP expresses the District’s vision for this region and will guide all solid waste programming and planning for the foreseeable future.

We solicited public input to ensure that this document represents the CVSWMD member towns and residents. To help gather this information, we held six public hearings on the draft Plan, and took public comment during our regular meetings of the District board of supervisors. In addition, we encouraged District towns and residents to offer input on draft sections of the Plan as they were developed.

The completed Plan was sent to the state May 1, 2003 and was approved by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in April 2006.
For a printed copy, please contact the District –  phone: 802-229-9383 ext.100
Or, you can view and download the chapters here.

Ch. 1: Introduction (300KB)
Ch. 2: History (492KB)
Ch. 3: The Here and Now (1.8MB)
Ch. 4: Waste Reduction and Reuse (1.1MB)
Ch. 5: Recycling (936KB)
Ch. 6: Organics and Composting (1.7MB)
Ch. 7: Hazardous and Special Wastes (2.4MB)
Ch. 8: Disposal (807KB)
Ch. 9: Illegal Burning and Dumping (1.4MB)
Ch. 10: Biosolids (2.1MB)
Ch. 11: Advertising, Public Information and Participation, and School Education (1.5MB)
Ch. 12: Ordinances and Enforcement (619KB)
Ch. 13: Finances (1.3MB)
Ch. 14: Facilities (2.7MB)
Ch. 15: Data (2.2MB)
Appendix (3.1MB)
Glossary (106KB)