www.WashingtonCT.org The Town of Washington, Connecticut Recycling

Free Curbside Recycling Pickup: Alternate Mondays; detailed schedule is below. You might want to print this curbside recycling flyer (in landscape mode) Free Recycling Bins: available at the Selectmen's Office Drop-off Recyclables: at the Transfer Station on Clark Road Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM (closed Thurs & Sun) Washington's recycling is handled by BRRFOC, the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility Operating Committee Also at the Transfer Station: E-Waste Recycling

Curbside

The Town of Washington provides free curbside pick-up of the following recyclable items. Some new () items may be put out starting in June 2006.

• Glass, Metal and Plastics may be co-mingled in your recycling bin:
  • Glass (clear and colored)
  • Tin cans
  • Foil
  • Aluminum food containers
  • Plastic bottles and jugs: #1 - #7 (look for 1 through 7 in a triangle on the bottom of the container)
  • Polycoated milk and juice cartons

    Do Not Include:

  • No: Bottle caps
  • No: Light bulbs, Ceramics, Cookware, Window/mirror glass, Crystal
  • No: Scrap metal, Appliances, Metal parts, Pots/pans, Silverware, Needles, Aerosol and Paint cans

• Mixed Paper may be placed in brown paper bags next to bin:
  • Newspaper
  • Magazines
  • Catalogs
  • Phone Books
  • Office Paper
  • Stationery & Envelopes
  • Direct Mail pieces (shiny coated paper okay)

    Do Not Include:

  • No: Tape, Packaging materials, Egg cartons
  • No: Cereal, Shoe and Pizza boxes
  • No: String or Plastic bags
  • No: Brown manila envelopes, overnight envelopes or Tyvek
  • No: Giveaway items (product samples, CDs)
  • No: Greeting cards or Wrapping paper
  • No: Boxboard, 6-pack cartons or cardboard
  • No: Tape, Post-It notes or Mail with pressure-sensitive labels

• Flattened Corrugated Cardboard (size 2' x 3') placed next to bins
  Do Not Include:
  • No: Yellow-tinted cardboard

You might want to print this curbside recycling flyer.

Curbside pickup is scheduled for every other Monday morning; items should be put out on Sunday evenings. See schedule below.

Recycling Center

The above-mentioned items may also be brought to the Recycling Center located at the Town's Transfer Station on Clark Road and placed in the appropriately marked containers.

About Recycling

Next to education and highway expenses, disposing of waste is the largest piece of our Town's budget, costing taxpayers about $470,000 a year. This includes the costs of running the transfer station; biweekly home pick-up of recyclables; hauling recyclables and garbage from the transfer station to disposal sites; and tipping fees to cover the cost of disposal.

Washington is a founding member of two organizations that handle our waste disposal, BRRFOC (garbage) and TROC (recyclables). "Tipping fees," a per-ton disposal fee paid by member towns, fund both of these organizations. Currently, tipping fees are $65.50/ton for trash and $33.50/ton for recyclables, up very slightly in the past year.

The bottom line is:

It costs a lot more to haul and dispose of trash than it does recyclables. We currently recycle 500 tons a year and dispose of 2800 tons of garbage. By increasing our recyclables we could save $20,000 to $30,000 in hauling and tipping fees.

Thank you for recycling!

Curbside Pickup Schedule for 2012

If you live north of Route 109, your items should be put out on Sunday evenings, for pick ups on the following Mondays, beginning with Monday January 9th. Printable calendar: See Curbside Pickup Calendar (North) If you have trouble printing that on one page, try Curbside Pickup Calendar (North) (). Days in green are recycling pickup days; red indicates a holiday that shifts pickup to Tuesday. The small section of Bee Brook Road between Blackville Road and the Depot, which is considered as Routes 109 and 47, will be picked up on this schedule. Roads Considered North of Route 109: Annajay Lane Ash Swamp Road Baldwin Hill Road Bee Brook Road Buffum Road Calhoun Street Christian Street Church Street Couch Road Dodge Farm Road East Shore Road (Rt.45) Findlay Road Flirtation Avenue Foulois Road Garland Road Golf Links Road Gunn Hill Road Hifield Drive Hinckley Road Hinkle Road Ives Road June Road Juniper Meadow Road Kielwasser Road Kinney Hill Road Litchfield Turnpike (Rt.202) Loomarwick Road Main Street - New Preston Mount Tom Road Mountain Road Mygatt Road New Milford Turnpike (Rt.202) New Preston Hill Road North Sawyer Hill Road Pleasant Drive Popple Swamp Road Quarry Ridge Road Rabbit Hill Road Revere Road Romford Road Sabbaday Lane (No.of Rt.109) Sandstrom Road Schwab Road Scofield Hill Road Senff Road Shearer Road Slaughterhouse Road Sunny Ridge Road (No.of Rt.109) Sunset Lane Tinker Hill Road Top Pasture Road Turner Road Upper Church Hill Road Valley Road Walker Brook Road (No.of Rt.109) Warren Road (Rt.341) West Morris Road West Shore Road Wheaton Road Whittlesey Road Wilbur Road

If you live south of Route 109, your items should be put out on Sunday evenings, for pick ups on the following Mondays, beginning with Monday January 7th. Printable calendar: See Curbside Pickup Calendar (South) If you have trouble printing that on one page, try Curbside Pickup Calendar (South) (). Days in green are recycling pickup days; red indicates a holiday that shifts pickup to Tuesday. If you live on Route 109, you will follow the same dates as living south of 109. Roads Considered South of Route 109: Barnes Road Bell Hill Road Blackville Road Calhoun Hill Road Carmel Hill Road Carmel Hill Road No. Church Hill Road Clark Road Cook Street Curtis Road Dark Entry Road East Street Fenn Hill Road Ferry Bridge Road Frisbie Road Golf Course Road Green Hill Road (Rt.47) Horse Heaven Road Judea Cemetery Road Kirby & Old Kirby Roads Lower Church Hill Road Mallory Brook Road Moody Bridge Road Nettleton Hollow Road Nichols Hill Road Old Litchfield Road Old North Road Orchard Lane Painter Ridge Road Parsonage Lane Plumb Hill Road Potash Hill Road River Road Rossiter Road Roxbury Road Sabbaday Lane (So.of Rt.109) School Street Shinar Mountain Road South Fenn Hill Road South Street Steeples Road Steeples Road So. Sunny Ridge Road (So.of Rt.109) Sunrise Lane Titus Road Tompkins Hill Road Two Rod Highway Walker Brook Road (So.of Rt.109) West Church Hill Road West Mountain Road Winston Drive Woodbury Road (Rt.47) Worcester Road Wykeham Road