Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District

03/27/2026

03/12/2026

SAVE THE DATE *Saturday, April 11, 2026 from 10 am-Noon

Styrofoam Collection will take place at Hanover Street School at 193 Hanover Street in Lebanon

Co-sponsored by Sustainable Lebanon and Rotary Club of Lebanon.

Donations gratefully accepted to cover the cost of transportation to the Gilford Recycling Center for processing.

Volunteers are urgently needed. Please contact Cindy at [email protected], 603-543-1307 if you can help even for just a couple of hours.

The event will take place rain, snow, or shine and is open to residents of the Upper Valley.

11/14/2025

The Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District (GUVSWMD) will be holding its final public hearing to receive comments on its draft Solid Waste Implementation Plan (SWIP). The public hearing will be a hybrid meeting, held in person at Damon Hall, in Hartland, VT and via Zoom. This public meeting will be on Nov. 19, 2025 at 4:30pm.

A copy of the SWIP can be found on the district’s website: www.guvswmd.org or one can call the district office to request a paper copy. Please email [email protected] to request a Zoom meeting link.

If you have any questions, please call the district office at 802-674-4474 or email [email protected]

02/27/2025

Collection Events for 2025

Styrofoam Collection
Saturday, April 12, 2025
9am-11am
Lebanon High School
195 Hanover St, Lebanon, NH 03766
NOTE: Sponsored by Sustainable Lebanon and Lebanon Rotary
(Not a GUVSWMD event) but all NH & VT communities are welcome

​Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
9 AM to 1 PM
Hartford Transfer Station
2590 No. Hartland Rd. (Rte. 5)
White River Junction
*All businesses must call 802.674.4474 to register for hazardous waste (HHW) collections
at least one week prior to event.
Check here for acceptable materials: https://www.guvswmd.org/hazardous-waste.html
We URGE you to take your paint to a regular drop-off location and NOT to bring it to this collection.
Check here for local year-round drop-off locations: https://www.paintcare.org/states/vermont/
We will accept paint if the can is rusted, leaking, or without a label. It is then considered hazardous waste.

Big trash, Tires, Electronics Collection
Saturday, September 13, 2025
9 AM - 12 PM
Thetford Town Garage
3910 Rte. 113

Big trash, Electronics, Tires, Fluorescent Bulbs, Batteries Collection
Saturday, September 20, 2025
8 AM - 11 AM
West Fairlee Recycling Center
1009 West Fairlee Rd.

Big Trash, Tires, Electronics Collection
Saturday, September 27, 2025
9 AM - 12 PM
Strafford Recycling Center/Town Garage
Rte. 132/287 Rte. 132

-Residents and businesses from the GUVSWMD towns are welcome at all collection events
-For more information, please contact Andy Scherer at 802-674-4474 or [email protected]

Find Vermont paint recycling and drop-off locations. Dispose of your paint in Vermont for free.

12/30/2024

OUT WITH THE OLD(ISH) AND IN WITH THE NEW!

We're talking about the year and we're talking about a changing of the guard at GUV. As of January 1, 2025, Andy Scherer will be the new voice on the phone, listserv poster, email responder, face at events, and the list goes on.

I am retiring from my position, but not from my passion for all things recyclable and compostable. For the past ten years, I've taken great pleasure and pride in sharing Vermont's forward-thinking laws with you; diverting countless tons of material from the landfill. It can be frustrating and confusing and even inconvenient, but I thank each and every one of you for making an effort to live sustainably. Our children and their children will thank us for leaving less of a mess.

Please join us in welcoming Andy, and be patient and kind as he settles in and "learns the ropes."

I wish you all the best for a peaceful, bounteous, and productive 2025.

Ham Gillett

10/17/2024

Do you like people, recycling, composting, trash, and hazardous waste? If so, have we got a great job for you!!!

Click the following link and scroll down past the HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT info on our home page.

GUVSWMD is a union municipal district dedicated to providing solid waste management authority, services, and planning to its member towns.

09/25/2024

LAST COLLECTION EVENT OF THE YEAR!!!

Saturday, September 28
9am - 12pm
Big trash and tires
Strafford Recycling Center
159 Route 132
Electronics
Strafford Town Garage
287 Route 132
For pricing, https://www.guvswmd.org/2024-event-calendar.html
Scroll down to "Price list for events below"

All events are open to all residents and business of GUV District member towns.
Fees charged for big trash, tires, and electronics OTHER THAN
TVs, computers, and computer peripherals.

***NO HAZARDOUS WASTE, PAINT, LARGE APPLIANCES OR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS***

Call 802-674-4474 or email [email protected] with questions.

Sustainable Woodstock will hold a paper shredding and electronics collection on October 12 from 10-1 at the WUHS/MS/Union Arena parking lot.

09/12/2024

Last call for Thetford collection event, Saturday, September 14 from 9-12!!!!!!

Saturday, September 14
9am - 12pm
Big trash, tires, electronics
Thetford Town Garage
3901 VT-113

For pricing, https://www.guvswmd.org/2024-event-calendar.html

Ham Gillett
Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District
802.674.4474

2024 Collection Event Schedule Residents of any GUV District town are welcome at any event in any town. All businesses must call 802.674.4474 to register for hazardous waste (HHW)...

08/15/2024

You don't have to love us; just like us...please, and share us with others.
Thanks!

08/15/2024

PAINT IS NOT HAZARDOUS WASTE.....unless the can has no label or it's rusted or leaking. If this describes any of your paint cans, they have to go to a hazardous waste collection.
If your cans have a label and are not rusted or leaking, please consider taking them to a local year-round drop-off location instead of bringing them to a hazardous waste collection event. Here's a list of drop-off locations with instructions about what is acceptable:
https://www.paintcare.org/drop-off-sites/
If you missed our collection event on July 27, you may take your material to the Springfield haz waste depot, open by appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays through September. Here's the info:
https://www.vtsolidwastedistrict.org/
If you live in a GUVSWMD town, you may use this facility even though your town is not listed on the above website.

Ham Gillett
802.674.4474

SWWCSWMD is a union municipal district dedicated to providing solid waste management authority, services, and planning to its member towns.

08/05/2024

STYROFOAM COLLECTION EVENT
Saturday, August 24
9 to 11 a.m.
Mascoma Bank Parking Lot
243 Sykes Mountain Avenue
White River Junction

Rain Date - Saturday, September 7

PLEASE READ THIS FLYER CAREFULLY FOR INSTRUCTIONS:

https://www.hartford-vt.org/3650/Climate-Action-Steering-Team

Sponsored by:
White River Junction Rotary Club
Hartford Climate Action Steering Team (CAST)
Mascoma Bank

Styrofoam ( #6) -- do NOT break into smaller pieces Clean #6 food, drink, and egg containers NO packing peanuts NO foam insulation boardsTIP: If you can bend it, it is NOT Styrofoam