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Woodstock Recycling and Refuse Corp.

Author:   ValleyNet Webmaster  
Posted: 4/10/01; 3:00:21 PM
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We are not the Woodstock Recycling and Refuse Company. This is a page of the GUVSWD web site. As a service to GUVSWD residents who may use the Woodstock Recycling and Refuse Company, we provide information about them here.

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8:00 - 4:30 Monday through Friday

Trash
Each bag of trash is required to have a sticker attached to it. A bag is 30 gallons or 30 pounds, whichever comes first. The stickers are $3.50 each and can be purchased at the WRRC office (Route 4 East across from Gallery Place), by mail, or at the Whippletree store in town.

Recycling
The following is a list of the items we collect and how to prepare them. Please place all items in a plastic recycling bin or milk crate.

  • Container Glass: Clean, unbroken bottles and jars, any size, any color.
    Trash = plastic caps, lids, corks, window glass, light bulbs, & other glassware = Trash
  • Aluminum Beverage Cans: Please keep separate from all other cans by placing in a paper grocery bag inside recycling bin.
  • All Other Cans: Place clean steel cans, aluminum cat food cans, and aluminum foil/pans in separate paper bag. Flattten large (coffee-type) cans. Labels OK.
  • Aluminum Foil/Pans: Rinse, flatten & fill a cardboard box. No loose pieces.
  • HDPE #2 Translucent Plastic: Translucent milk, juice & water jugs. Please rinse and flatten. (Call for information regarding dropping off colored HDPE #2 and clear and tinted PETE #1 bottles and the WRRC yard.)
    Trash = plastic cups, yogurt, margarine, tub, etc. containers = Trash
  • Pete #1 Plastic: Clear and tinted water, soda, and juice bottles. Please rinse and flatten and place in a clear 30 gallon plastic trash bag and leave out for collection. Bags may also be dropped of at the WRRC yard.
    Trash = plastic cups, yogurt, margarine, tub, etc. containers = Trash
  • Corrugated Cardboard: Flatten and stack vertically inside one large box or tie securely. Staples and tape OK. Kraft paper grocery bags and dark brown/yellow paper envelopes OK.
    Trash = wax coated & wet strength cardboard and beer & soda 6-pack cases = Trash
  • Boxboard: Grey cereal box-type board. Flatten & stack tightly in box. NO LOOSE PIECES.
    Trash = frozen food packaging, plastic or waxed coated materials, beer & soda 6-pack cases = Trash
  • Newspaper: Place in double grocery bag. Ad inserts OK. Please wait for dry weather to put out.
  • Sorted Office Paper, Magazines, Catalogs, Glossy Inserts & Magazine Supplements: Stationery, non-glossy white & colored paper, computer & copy paper, white envelopes (windows OK), index & greeting cards (non-foil & non-glossy), cream-colored file folders, white shopping bags, fax paper, non-glossy pamphlets, checks, hard cover books with the covers removed. Fill a liquor sized box, attach 1 pink sticker per box (for extra handling). Limit 2 boxes of 30 pounds per week.
    Trash = Tyvek envelopes, carbon paper, blueprints, paper-back books, plastic wrappers, paper towels & tissue = Trash

    Call us for more information regarding disposal of these items:

    • Plastics
    • Packing Peanuts
    • Motor Oil
    • Paint
    • Household Hazardous Wastes
    • Tires
    • Wood
    • Metal
    • Appliances

    These instructions are subject to change caused by market conditions.


Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District
96 Mill Street, PO Box 58, No. Hartland, VT 05052-0058
Phone (802)296-3688  |  Fax 281-7088  |  E-mail GUVSWD@valley.net