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Waste Management Guide for Landlords 


Download free signs, flyers and guides to make sure your tenants know what to do with their waste!
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Landlord Guide
Recycling Guide​​
Landlord FAQs
Work with us!
Landlords and property managers play an important role in keeping Vermont a healthy, sustainable place, and the Vermont Rental Housing Code requires they provide arrangements for the removal and proper disposal of recycling, food scraps and landfill waste. Read on to learn how.  
Your responsibility as a property manager is to:
  • Provide and maintain bins for trash, recycling and food scraps
  • Assure arrangements are made for the removal of food scraps​. Here is guidance for landlords on how to manage food scraps.
  • Keep common areas clean and free of waste 
  • Properly manage any additional waste outputs, such as fluorescent bulbs, batteries, paint, and cleaning chemicals

Click the symbols below for more information on how to properly manage each item:
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STEP 1: Set up your system

  • Arrange for a hauler to pick up trash and recycling weekly. Haulers are required by law to offer recycling. See a full list of trash/recycling haulers.
  • Provide a clearly-labeled and easily accessible spot for residents to deposit trash and recycling. Haulers will provide totes or dumpsters. Use our free recycling, compost and trash signs.
  • Share resources about how to safely store and dispose of prescription drugs and household waste hazardous waste.
  • The food scrap ban goes into effect for all residents in July 2020. Learn how you can compost on site and off-site:
    • Find a food scrap hauler
    • Find a food scrap drop-off site near you
    • Set up a backyard composting system​​
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Tips for multi-unit properties (2+ units)

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If you own and manage a multi-unit property, there are a variety of ways you can manage your residents' waste. 
  • In addition to hiring a food scrap hauler or using a food scrap drop-off site, you can establish a community composting system with your residents.
  • Have trash chutes? Use our signs to clearly label what goes (or doesn't go) down the chutes.

STEP 2: Inform your residents

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Recycling & Composting signs 

Are your bins clearly labeled? Let your tenants know what goes where with these downloadable flyers:
  • Recycling Resimplified
  • Mixed Recycling, Foodscraps, Landfill
  • A Vermonter's Guide​
  • Universal Recycling downloads
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Add zero waste to your lease 

Include lease language about recycling and composting requirements.
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Compost hauler & drop-off directory

View a full list of food scrap haulers and drop-off locations in the district.

Managing waste during move-in and move-out

  • Distribute usable items among friends, family and neighbors via gifting, advertising on Front Porch Forum, or hosting yard sales and free piles.
  • Donate usable goods (e.g. furniture, kitchenware, clothing) to local secondhand shops and organizations in need.
  • Drop off hard-to-recycle items (e.g. bulbs, electronics, small appliances, tires, paint) at the Additional Recyclable Collections Center (ARCC). See a full list of what items we accept. 
  • Dispose of household hazardous waste at a special collection event or at Chittendon Solid Waste District. Hazardous waste includes items with "Caution," "Danger" and "Warning" labels. Dispose of prescription drugs at a local drop-off, special collection, or via mail.
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Workshop resources

Waste Management for Rental Units (Alyssa Eiklor, Agency of Natural Resources)
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Asbestos and Lead (Timothy Duffy, Dept. of Health)
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CVSWMD recently held a virtual event just for landlords and property managers, where we discussed food scrap management for multi-unit housing. If you couldn't make it, but are interested in learning more, please have a look at our slide deck from the webinar!
 

Food Scrap Management for Multi-Unit Housing Presentation
File Size: 7148 kb
File Type: pdf
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Have more questions? Contact us.

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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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