The Addison County Solid Waste Management District (ACSWMD) is a union municipal district that exists to cooperatively and comprehensively address the solid waste management interests of its 19 member towns. The purpose of the District is to promote waste reduction, maximize diversion of wastes through reuse, recycling and composting, and to provide for the disposal of remaining wastes. The District Transfer Station on Rte. 7 in Middlebury is available for residents and businesses to dispose of or recycle bulky items and special wastes (see transfer station information). The District also operates the Hazwaste Center at the Transfer Station, and promotes other composting, reuse, and educational programs.
For the past three years, the District Board of Supervisors has been drafting and re-drafting its Solid Waste Implementation Plan (SWIP). This five-year plan revision was required by the State. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has reviewed the SWIP to ensure conformance with the State Solid Waste Plan. The SWIP summarizes the District’s accomplishments and those of its licensed haulers and 19 member municipalities. The Plan considers the measures available for increasing the District’s 34% diversion rate to a statewide 50% diversion goal within the next two years.
Once the draft SWIP has received formal approval by the State, the District will distribute the SWIP for public review. We would like to hear your opinions! The Board will be soliciting public input on the essential elements of the Plan and holding two more public hearings sometime in the summer of 2006 (locations and dates to be announced).
You may download the draft SWIP in its entirety by following this link (note: clicking here will download the SWIP as a 1 megabyte MS Word file). You may also obtain a copy of the draft SWIP by contacting the District at 388-2333. Please take the opportunity to look at the Plan – it has some very interesting and helpful facts about solid waste management in the District and how the entire system works toward encouraging diversion efforts as our number one goal. Find out how much your town has contributed toward recycling compared to the other towns. Learn more about how biosolids are managed in the District. See a map of where the old, closed landfills are located. The Plan also makes a handy reference for who’s who and where to go in the Addison District for solid waste services.
As the District implements this new Plan, we would like you to know how much we appreciate your individual contributions toward conservation of our natural resources. Toward that end, we will be including more success stories about reuse and recycling in the newsletter so that you can be encouraged by the beneficial impact recycling continues to have on our waste stream and economy.
The District's 19 member towns are Addison, Bridport, Cornwall, Ferrisburgh, Goshen, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlebury, Monkton, New Haven, Orwell, Panton, Ripton, Shoreham, Starksboro, Vergennes, Waltham, Weybridge, and Whiting. Follow this link to see a few of our District's member town websites and E-mail addresses.
Each town designates a representative to be on our Board of Supervisors. Follow this link to see the current list of Supervisors on our Board.Click on the links below to read the Addison County
Solid Waste District's Waste Management Ordinance or the Illegal Burning
and Disposal Ordinance.
Waste Management
Ordinance
Illegal Burning and
Disposal Ordinance
Do you need additional information on illegal dumping and burning in this District? Follow this link for an explanation of the ordinance, information on how to report a burning or dumping incident, how complaints are handled, and how fines may be issued.