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​Please Note: CVSWMD has implemented new safety protocols to protect the health and safety of event attendees and staff. Please visit the Hazardous Waste & Special Collections page to learn more.

Household Hazardous Waste 

Household Hazardous Waste encompasses a variety of toxic household substances banned from the landfill. 

To help you properly dispose of household and small business hazardous waste, we offer multiple annual events throughout the district from Spring to Fall. Collections are open to residents of member towns only.* Fees are $20 per car load. Hazardous waste from non-district residents is not accepted. If you live in a different town, please contact your local waste management district for information on HHW collections near you.

Please note: Schools and small businesses must call ahead to pre-register for these events. Learn more at the State of Vermont's website.  

To register your organization for an event, call 802-229-9383
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Hazardous Waste Collections

​What is Household Hazardous Waste?

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What is Hazardous Waste?
Consider anything labeled with the following warning words to be household hazardous waste and handle accordingly:
  • Caution
  • Toxic
  • Danger
  • Hazard
  • Warning
  • Poisonous
  • Reactive
  • Corrosive
  • Flammable

These items are dangerous to human and environmental health. They can be disposed of at Household Hazardous Waste collection events or at the Chittenden Environmental Depot year round. 
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Make sure to store these items cool, dry, and out of reach of children. 

​Some examples of Household Hazardous Waste include:
  • Adhesives or tar
  • Automotive fluids like antifreeze or brake and transmission fluid
  • Aerosols, moth balls
  • Chemical cleaners like bleach, ammonia, and other corrosives​
  • Drain openers, oven cleaners, floor wax​​
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  • Fuels and flammables like gas, kerosene, oil
  • Tub &  tile cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners
  • Paint thinners and solvents
  • Paints or stains WITHOUT identifiable labels intact on the cans
  • Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers​

General Guidelines for Storing Household Hazardous Waste:
  • Keep items out of reach of children and pets. 
  • If possible, store items away from living spaces.
  • Make sure all lids and caps are tight to prevent the product and vapors/odors from leaking into living spaces.
  • Keep items away from: heat sources (for safety), freezing temperatures (to prolong product life), and flood prone areas (to prevent contamination of water and soil).

What's the best way to handle hazardous waste? Create Less! 

Broken Fluorescent bulbs? 

Learn more about Reducing Toxics
Clean up Safely

Household Hazardous Waste and Water

Proper storage and disposal of hazardous waste is essential to the long-term health of Vermont's soil, air, and water. 
Hazardous products, pharmaceuticals, poisons, and non-bio-degradable products like wipes and sanitary products should never go in the toilet or down the drain. These chemicals and products end up in our waste water treatment plants and are difficult to remove. Many chemicals cannot be filtered out and end up passing through into the environment. After treatment, biosolids from wastewater treatment plants in Vermont are sometimes used for fertilizers and soil amendments on agricultural land, so it is especially important to keep hazardous or toxic products out.
You can read more about beneficial reuse of biosolids here.
Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids
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Office  | 137 Barre St, Montpelier VT 05602-3618| 802-229-9383 | comments@cvswmd.org
Office Hours: M - F, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
ARCC  | 540 No. Main St, Barre VT 05641 | 802-476-1900  
ARCC Hours: M, W, F, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm and 3rd Saturdays, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
ARCC Closed for Lunch: M, W, F, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

*CVSWMD Member Towns: 
Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, Bradford, Calais, Chelsea, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Fairlee, Hardwick, Middlesex, Montpelier, Orange, Plainfield, Tunbridge, Walden, Washington, Williamstown, and Woodbury. 
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