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The NWSWD has announced it's 2010 Event Schedule.  Throughout the majority of the year the NWSWD offers events for it's members to dispose of Household Hazardous Waste and Special Trash like large or bulky items.  Click on the links below to view the schedules and read a list of items accepted at each event and associated fees.

• The Household Hazardous Waste Events are listed here.

• The Special Collections Events are listed here.  

• The 2009 Events Schedule may be downloaded as a printable pdf. 

St. Albans City– located at the Waste Water Treatment Plant

            Hours: Saturday 8:00am to 1:00pm

                       Wednesday 3:00pm to 7:00pm (April-October only)

 

Bakersfield– located at the Bakersfield Elementary School

            Hours: Alternating Saturdays 9:00am to 1:00pm

 

Fletcher– located at the Fletcher Town Garage

            Hours: Alternating Saturdays 9:00am to 1:00pm

 

Montgomery– located at the Montgomery Town Garage

            Hours: Saturday 8:00am to 1:00pm

 

No. Hero Transfer Station– located on the West Shore Rd.

            Hours: 8:00am to 4:00pm (Summer Hours)

                        9:00am to 2:00 pm (Winter Hours)

 

Alburgh Transfer Station- (district residents only)

            Hours: Wednesday 7:00am to 5:00pm (Winter Hours)

                        Wednesday 7:00am to 12:00pm (Summer Hours)

                         Saturday 7:00am to 6:00pm

                         Sunday 9:00am to 6:00pm

 

Grand Isle Transfer Station– (some residency restrictions apply)

            Hours: Thursday 4:00pm to 7:00pm

                        Saturday 8:00am to 2:00pm

For more information about our Drop-Off Sites click here.

Bellows Free Academy Begins Composting 

  The District is proud to announce the beginning of a school wide composting program at Bellows Free Academy (BFA) in St. Albans.  Starting September 8, food scraps from the cafeteria and kitchen at BFA will be diverted from the landfill to the Hudak Farm in Swanton where they will be composted and turned into rich soil used to grow more fresh food. The first week of the school year saw staff from the Highfields institute and NWSWD training BFA Students and Staff.  Students will now be separating food waste from trash in the cafeteria. Student monitors will be reminding folks who forget to separate and preventing the food scraps from getting contaminated with PLU stickers, silverware, and other trash.  Meanwhile kitchen staff will be composting food waste generated while preparing meals.

This marks the first phase of the NWSWD's "Close the Loop" composting project.  The NWSWD has been working in partnership with The Highfields Institute and Hudak's farm to start a regional composting system to divert food scraps from the landfill.  The next phase of this program will involve diverting food scraps from local restaurants and grocery stores.  To find out more about this program contact John at 524-5986 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and to read a recent article about BFA's composting program in the St. Albans Messenger click here.