2025 Events

Composting Workshops
  • April 26, 2025, 10-11:30 am in the Steele Room of the  at  the Waterbury Municipal Building.
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2025 Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection: May 10, 2025
​Crossett Brook Middle School, Duxbury, VT
8:00-8:30 am-small businesses
9:00 am-1:00 pm-residents
Green Up Vermont
May 3, 2025
See details on the bottom of this page
2025 Fall Household Hazardous Waste Collection:
October 11, 2025
Crossett Brook Middle School,
​Duxbury VT
​8:00-8:30 am-small businesses
​9:00 am-1:00 pm-residents​​
SPRING  HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION
 
THE MAD RIVER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE(MRRMA) invites residents of Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield, Warren and Waterbury to participate in a Household Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 8-8:30 am for small businesses and  9 am - 1 pm for residents  at Crossett Brook Middle School, Route 100, Duxbury.

Note that Small Businesses that want to participate must preregister with their disposal inventory no later than May 7, 2025. Business waste will ONLY be accepted between 8 am and 8:30 am. Small businesses should register with your inventory of waste to determine the cost of your disposal  at: [email protected]. Payment will be due at the time of the collection.

If you are from outside of the MRRMA there is a $30.00 registration fee and no free disposal of ten additional units of HHW.


FALL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION
 
THE MAD RIVER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE(MRRMA) invites residents of Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield, Warren and Waterbury to participate in a Household Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 8-8:30 am for small businesses and  9 am - 1 pm for residents  at Crossett Brook Middle School, Route 100, Duxbury.

Note that Small Businesses that want to participate must preregister with their disposal inventory no later than October 8, 2025. Business waste will ONLY be accepted between 8 am and 8:30 am. Small businesses should register with your inventory of waste to determine the cost of your disposal  at: [email protected]. Payment will be due at the time of the collection.

If you are from outside of the MRRMA there is a $30.00 registration fee and no free disposal of ten additional units of HHW.
  • No fluorescent lamps or tubes will be accepted at these collections.
  • No charge for architectural oil or latex paint, primary batteries or pesticides. Beyond this, residents can bring an additional 10 gallons of liquid or 10 pounds of solid material at no charge. Beyond that there is a $5.00 per unit fee for disposal.
  • 30 or 55 gallon drums are not acceptable.
  • No compressed gases, fire extinguishers, explosives, radioactive or infectious wastes.
Got questions? Call John Malter at 802-244-7373.
Some materials can be brought to the following businesses as a result of Product Stewardship Programs. 

Waitsfield
  • Bring primary batteries (AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt) as well as small rechargeable batteries(less than 2.2 pounds), fluorescent lamp tubes and compact fluorescent lamps and mercury thermostats to Kenyon's True Value Hardware.
  • Bisbee's Ace Hardware  you can bring primary batteries (AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt) as well as small rechargeable batteries(less than 2.2 pounds), fluorescent lamp tubes and compact fluorescent lamps, mercury thermostats and Oil and Latex architectural paint, please limit the amount to 5 gallons per visit.
  • The Earthwise Transfer Station will take primary batteries (AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt) as well as small rechargeable batteries(less than 2.2 pounds)and lead acid batteries,used crankcase oil ($5.00/gallon). 
Waterbury
  • Aubuchon Hardware will take primary batteries (AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt) as well as small rechargeable batteries(less than 2.2 pounds), fluorescent lamp tubes and compact fluorescent lamps as well as oil and latex architectural paint. Please limit the amount to 5 gallons per visit. 
  • Waterbury True Value Hardware will take primary batteries (AA, AAA, C, D and 9 volt) as well as small rechargeable batteries(less than 2.2 pounds), fluorescent lamp tubes and compact fluorescent lamps, mercury thermostats and oil and latex architectural paint, please limit the amount to 5 gallons per visit. 
The Chittenden County Environmental Depot located at 1011 Airport Parkway in South Burlington can take all of the material that is normally collected at our Household Hazardous Waste Events.
  • There may be charges for disposing of all but the oil and latex paint, batteries and fluorescent bulbs.
  • They take a maximum of 20 gallons per visit.
  • You must schedule your visit by calling 802-865-4663.
Composting Workshops
  • April 26, 2025 from 10-11:30 at the Steele Room in the  Waterbury Municipal Building.
​ Workshop participants can purchase a compost bin for $45.00.
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 See the Backyard Composting Workshop video on YouTube
Green Up Day - May 3, 2025
The Earthwise Transfer Station on Route 100 Waitsfield and Rodney’s Rubbish Transfer Station on River Road in Waterbury are holding a car and pickup truck tire collection on Saturday, May 3, 2025 in conjunction with Green Up Day. Residents of the Mad River Resource Management Alliance (MRRMA) can bring their car and pick up truck tires with or without rims to either facility for $6.00 each. The tires will be accepted at Earthwise from 8 am to 1 pm and at Rodney’s from 8 am to 2 pm. Green Up Tires will be accepted at no charge on Green Up Day at both sites.
 
These sites will also be sponsoring an appliance disposal event. You can bring your old dishwasher or washer/dryer or other large metal objects and dispose of them at no charge at the same times as the tire collections. There is a charge for freon containing units. At Earthwise it is $40.00 for freezers and refrigerators and on Green Up Day only it is $10.00 at Rodney’s for processing these materials.

If you collect litter during a Green Up Project on May 3, 2025 you can bring the green plastic Green Up Bags at no charge to Rodney’s from 8 am to 2 pm or to the collection roll off located at the Waterbury Highway Garage on Guptil Road in Waterbury Center from 8 am to 4 pm or the Earthwise Transfer Station located on Route 100 in Waitsfield from 8 am to 1 pm. Check with your local Green Up Coordinator to see if there are any special projects or instructions in your community on Green Up Day, May 3, 2025

Green Up Bags should be available from your Green Up Coordinator or Town Clerk.
  • In Fayston call Patty Pasley at 802-825-1893;
  • in Moretown call Mike Damotsis at 802-496-2812;
  • in Waitsfield call Bri Skoldberg at 802-829-0878;
  • in Warren call the East Warren Store at 802-496-6758; and
  • in Waterbury call Lisa Scagliotti at 802-373-5878.

More information on Green Up Vermont.