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Transfer/Recycling, Continued
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Serving
the residents of Windham since 1990, the
Transfer/Recycling Station is owned and operated by the Town. Our
Mission Statement:
"To provide an efficient and effective Solid Waste
Transfer/Recycling Station for the residents of Windham with an ongoing
commitment to improvement".
NOTICES TO RESIDENTS:
2008 HAZARDOUS WASTE/ELECTRONIC
RECYCLING: User fee: $10/household. Additional fees/item for
electronics. Please call (603) 883-0366 or visit the
Nashua Regional
Planning Commission on the web for more information. April 12: Riverside Street,
Nashua, 8AM - Noon May 3: South Street, Milford,
8AM - Noon June 5: Nashua, 3P - 7P August 2: Nashua, 8AM - Noon October 4: Nashua, 8AM - Noon November 1: Nashua, 8AM - Noon
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NOTICE: Effective March 11, 2008, the Transfer Station
will no longer accept commercial construction/demolition waste.
All commercial entities should divert their C&D to an alternative
disposal location. Residents may continue to bring their C&D in their
own vehicle. If you have any questions, please contact the Station at
426-5102.
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The Staff would ask that residents please dispose of "sharps"
(hypodermic needles) in a secured container, and that the container be
physically handed to a Station employee. We ask those residents using
curbside pickup to not place sharps or any other medical waste into
their waste streams. If such items are not disclosed to staff in person,
there is risk of Station staff exposure to these hazardous materials. We
ask for your cooperation in reducing this risk. If you have any
questions, please contact the Station. Thank you for your assistance.
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In an effort to limit
"Out-of-Town" waste coming to the Windham Transfer/Recycling Station, we
ask Windham residents to register with the Town and get a free auto
sticker to identify their residency while at the Station. Because of
logistics, it is very difficult to police the Station and ensure all the
waste is generated in Windham. This Station is owned by Windham
residents, and we need your assistance by participating in this simple
identification process. You can receive a sticker at the Station or Town
Clerk's Office. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Please be sure to remove the metal frame from sleeper sofas and place the
frame in the steel bin before disposing of the material part in the
general trash. Sheetrock (drywall) and porcelain products (toilets,
etc.) are considered demolition waste. We hope this notice will clarify any confusion.
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In the interest of safety, all
children six (6) years of age and under are to remain in your vehicle
while at the Transfer Station. There have been several near misses
involving small children at the Station, and we ask that parents please be
vigilant to ensure their children's health and safety while at the
Station.
We also ask all residents to remove fuel tanks from equipment before disposing
of items at the Transfer/Recycling Station. Our recycling vendors are
prohibiting fuel tanks from their waste streams due to the potential
hazards. We need to retain our recycling markets, and ask for the
residents' cooperation in this effort.
Please remove and clean material from recyclable containers, (ie,
beverage containers, glass food containers, etc.). Contamination of
recyclables makes it difficult to properly handle the material, and
causes a hygiene problem. Processors of recyclables would prefer "clean"
or "non-contaminated" material, and most contaminated recyclables are
rejected and sent to a landfill or incinerator (treated as garbage). Whenever possible, we ask
that residents take a little extra time to clean the container. If your
container is severely contaminated and cannot be cleaned, we would
prefer it be disposed of in the conventional garbage waste stream at the
Transfer Station.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The
Station provides solid waste disposal needs exclusively for the residents
of Windham through a permit (window sticker) issued to each verified
resident, or to a commercial hauler that has entered into a contractual
agreement with the Town. All
commercial/industrial generated solid waste must be weighed and is subject
to a disposal charge based upon the quantity and nature of the material. As
recycling is mandatory in Windham, source separation is required at
the Station to ensure recyclable items are placed in the proper disposal
areas. More information on the operation of the Station can be obtained by
calling (603) 426-5102, or you may wish to review the
Town's
Solid Waste Ordinance. Also, brochures are available at the
Transfer Station and Town Hall. An excerpt of acceptable materials can be
found here.
YARD WASTE PROGRAM: Yard
waste material should be deposited at the Marblehead Road Landfill
site. Hours
of operation: 2nd and 4th Saturdays/each month (April through
November) 12:00 NOON to 4:00 PM SOLID WASTE ACCEPTED AT STATION Municipal
solid waste (includes furniture) Demolition/construction
debris Appliances/white
goods Variety
of scrap metal (no whole tanks) Tires
(no rims) Mixed
paper (no hardcover books) Cardboard Steel and aluminum containers #1 and #2 plastic containers (no lids) Glass containers (no lids) Electronics and computers (no monitors/tvs) Clean and bagged clothing and linens Waste oil and oil filters (no other liquids) Propane tanks (no acetylene or oxygen tanks) Ni/Cad batteries Note: Whenever possible, please clean all
containers and remove any extraneous material from metals.
When disposing of motorized items, please be sure drain all fluids before
depositing in the metal areas. If you are disposing of an item which you do not see on this
list, please contact the Transfer/Recycling station before transport to
ensure that it is not a prohibited item. Signage is also posted at
the Station to assist you. PLEASE KEEP WINDHAM BEAUTIFUL!
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