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Brief Program Description
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Bethel
Mike Flanagan
Transfer Station Contact
Phone: 203-778-7436
Email: publicworks@bethel-ct.gov |
A SMART program at the transfer station has been in place since 1994. In addition to an annual TS permit fee of $50.00, there is a $0.20 per lb charged for trash delivered to the TS. (In 1994 the cost per lb. was $0.04). A senior citizen TS permit rate is offered for $40.00. There is no charge for recyclables.
Approximately 6% of residents use the transfer station with over 1,300 permits issued in 2011.
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Bloomfield
Abigail Croteau
Dept. of Town Manager
Phone: 860-769-3585
Email:
acroteau@bloomfieldct.org |
See Windsor – Bloomfield residents can bring trash to the Windsor Bloomfield landfill – but there is a SMART program only for those without an annual use permit. |
| Brookfield |
See New Milford - Brookfield residents can bring trash and recyclables to the New Milford transfer station. |
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Brooklyn
Michael Barry (Volunteer)
Chairman of Brooklyn Resource Recovery Commission
Phone: N/A
Email:
m.barry@charter.net |
The town offers a SMART program (has been in place for approximately 18 yrs) at their transfer station. There is no annual or permit fee. Residents have a choice of 2 bag sizes:
- 30 to 40 gallon/50 pound bags @ $2.00 per bag or 5 bags for $10.00; and
- 17-gallon bags @ $1.75 per bag or 5 bags for $8.75
Approximately 52% of residents use the transfer station.
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Clinton
Peter Neff
Director of Public Works
Phone: 860-664-1100
Email:
pneff@clintonct.org |
Town has had a SMART program at their transfer station for Clinton residents since 1997. Residential passes for MSW disposal:
- A pass for twenty 30 gallon bags is $30.00; the pass is good for two months.
- A pass for more than twenty 30 gallon bags in a two-month time period is $60.00.
Approximately 30% of residents use the transfer station.
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Colchester
James Paggioli
Director of Public Works
Phone: 860-537-7288
Email: publicworks@colchesterct.gov |
Residents are offered a SMART program at the transfer station and pay $3.00 per 25 to 30-gallon bag.
Approximately 35% of residents use the transfer station.
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Coventry
Donna Wrubel, Public Works
Phone: 860-742-6588
Email:
dwrubel@coventryct.org |
The town has operated a curbside bag program since July 30, 1993 ($0.50 for a 13-gallon bag; and $1.00 for a 33-gallon bag). In November 2010, the town switched to variable cart sizes offered to all residences up to 3 units, curbside. Various sizes of recycling bins are included in the annual cost for service for residential MSW disposal:
- A 35-gallon MSW cart costs $170 annually;
- A 65-gallon MSW cart costs $200 annually;
- A 95-gallon MSW cart costs $250 annually.
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Danbury
David Day
Public Utilities Superintendent
Phone: 203-797-4539
Email:
d.day@ci.danbury.ct.us |
Residents are offered a SMART program at the transfer station for drop-off of household trash;
- 13-gallon bag $2.00;
- 30-gallon bag $3.00;
- 40-gallon bag $4.00;
- 50-gallon bag $5.00;
- 55-gallon bag $6.00.
Residents must have a permit to use the "Mom & Pop Drop-Off Center".
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Essex
Mike Birner
Recycling Contact
Phone: 860-767-1926
Email: trashmaster742@yahoo.com |
Residents are offered a SMART program at the transfer station/ landfill: $3.00 per bag (must use 33-gallon or smaller plastic bags). Stickers for bags may be purchased in strips of 10 for $25.00.
Approximately 44% of residents use the transfer station.
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Fairfield
Michael Zembruski
Director of Solid Waste & Recycling
Phone: 203-256-3023
Email: mzembruski@town.fairfield.ct.us |
Residents have option to drop off trash at the transfer station. There is an annual combination permit of $20.00 to use the transfer station and town beaches. The cost for MSW drop-off at the transfer station:
- Up to 200 gallons (about 125 pounds or one cubic yard) - $5.00;
- 201 gallons to 400 gallons (up to about 250 pounds) - $10.00;
- Over 400 gallons or 250 pounds- $5.00 per 100 pound increment
The program has been in effect since 1985.
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Guilford
Jim Portley
Town Engineer
Phone: 203-453-8029
Email:
portley@ci.guilford.ct.us |
The transfer station is available for drop-off to all residents. The transfer station is also available to Madison residents. The cost for dumping 100 pounds is $7.00. There are no additional fees. The program has been in effect since the opening of the transfer station in 1981.
Approximately 50% of Guilford residents and 10% of Madison residents use the transfer station.
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Granby
James Klase, Public Works
Phone: 860-653-8960
Email:
jklase@granby-ct.gov |
Granby implemented a curbside SMART program on June 29, 2009. Granby residents get a 65-gallon container for trash (cost included in the tax base). Residents that exceed the 65-gallon trash container may purchase special town-issued trash bags for $2 each. Residents also have the option to rent an additional 65-gallon container for trash at the rate of $200.00 per year.
100% of residents participate in the curbside program.
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Transfer Station |
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Killingly
Town Manager
Phone: 860-774-8601
Email:
townmanager@killinglyct.org |
Killingly has had a SMART program at their transfer station since November 1998. All residents who want to dispose of household waste are required to use disposal stickers or plastic bags.
- No bag larger than 35 gallons may be utilized to dispose of household trash.
- Stickers are available for $2.50 each at Town Hall and at some local businesses.
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Lebanon
Dennis Roberts
Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator
Phone: 860-642-7901
Email:
dennis.p.roberts@charter.net |
Program started in 1993. Only pertains to residents bringing trash to the transfer station. A 15-gallon bag is $1.00 and a 30-gallon bag is $2.00. No special bags or stickers are used.
Approximately 35% of residents use the transfer station.
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| Madison |
See Guilford - Madison residents can bring trash and recyclables to the Guilford/Madison transfer station. |
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Mansfield
Ginny Walton
Recycling Coordinator
Phone: 860-429-3333
Email:
waltonvd@mansfieldct.org |
Mansfield has had a curbside program in effect since 1990. Trash pick-up is contracted by the municipality to private haulers; one hauler for single-family households and one for multi-family households.
Levels of service for single family residences include:
- One 13-gallon bag per week - $11.75/month
- One 20-gallon can per week -$15.25/month
- One 35-gallon can per week - $21.75/month
- Two 35-gallon cans per week - $27.50/month
- Four 35-gallon cans per week - $34.00/month
- Backyard (in-yard) pick-up is an additional $12.50 extra per month for a driveway 300 feet or less or $16.25 extra per month for a driveway greater than 300 feet.
Residents also have an option to self-haul MSW to the transfer station which operates off the following volume-based fees:
- $3.50 for a 35-gallon bag;
- $7.00 for a 35-gallon can;
- $9.00 for a 55-gallon drum or $4.50 for less than ˝ full;
- $35.00 for one cubic yard;
- $70.00 for 2 cubic yards; and
- $140.00 for 4 cubic yards.
Approximately 45% of residents subscribe to curbside pick-up service and 25% of residents use the transfer station.
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Monroe
Douglas Arndt
Director of Public Works
Phone: 203-452-8625
Email:
darndt@monroect.org |
Monroe has a SMART program for trash delivered to their transfer station. One ticket costs $6.00 and covers 125 pounds.
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New Fairfield
Robert Rzasa
Director of Public Works
Phone: 203-312-5629
Email:
Rrzasa@newfairfield.org |
Residents may drop-off trash at the transfer station for a fee of:
- $1.50 per 13-gallon bag;
- $3.00 per 30-gallon bag; and
- $6.00 for cans, lawn and leaf bags
Transfer station users must also obtain a permit for $10.00 for residential customers and $50.00 for commercial customers. A senior citizen transfer station permit rate is offered for $5.00.
Approximately 8% of residents use the transfer station and over 1,200 permits were issued in 2011.
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New Milford
John Balasa
Recycling Coordinator
Phone: 860-355-6040 |
The recycling center provides drop-off options for trash and recyclables for residents and small businesses from New Milford, Brookfield and Sherman. There is an annual use fee of $20.00 for residents, and a fee per bag for trash dropped off.
The cost per average garbage bag is:
- Up to 15 gallons - $1.50 New Milford residents; $2.00 Sherman or Brookfield residents
- 15 to 39 gallons - $3 New Milford residents; $3.00 Sherman or Brookfield residents
- 40+gallons - $5.00 New Milford residents; $5.50 Sherman or Brookfield residents
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Portland
Richard Kelsey
DPW Director of Operations
Phone: 860-342-6733
Email: rkelsey@portlandct.org |
Portland has had a SMART program at their transfer station since April 1993. Residents pay:
- $5.00 for a 45 gallon bag;
- $4.00 for a 30-gallon bag; and
- $1.00 for a 15 gallon bag
Approximately 50% of residents use the transfer station.
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Putnam
Gerald Beausoleil
Director of DPW
Phone: 860-963-6813
Email:
Jerry.beausoleil@putnamct.us |
Putnam started their SMART program in July 1997. Town contracts with private hauler for curbside MSW collection for all residential houses six-family and less. Residents purchase stickers to place on trash bags.
- Stickers for a 13 to 20-gallon bag cost $.50 and
- Stickers for a 30 to 35-gallon bag cost $1.00.
The revenue from stickers is deposited in an enterprise fund which covers the costs of MSW disposal tipping fees.
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Redding
Lawrence Kulowiec
Recycling Coordinator
Phone: 203-938-3026
Email: recycle@townofreddingct.org |
Redding residents are charged $0.20 per pound for MSW disposal which is measured on a small platform scale at the transfer station . Residents are required to purchase an annual permit for $25.00 for one car and $10.00 for each additional car. The senior citizen rate is $10.00 for the first car and $5.00 for each additional car.
Approximately 30% of households have a permit for the transfer station.
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Ridgefield
Rudy Marconi
1st Selectman
Phone: 203-431-2774
Fax: 203-431-2311
Email:
selectman@ridgefieldct.org |
Ridgefield provides a SMART program located at the transfer station. There is a $/pound cost to drop-off household garbage:
- Passenger vehicles - $5.00 for 120 pounds or less;
- Trucks, and/or passenger vehicles with more than 120 pounds of garbage are charged at the rate of $0.04/pound or $83.60 per ton.
Approximately 37% of residents use the transfer station and 675 permits were issued in 2011. There is a mandatory minimum charge of $5.00. This program has been offered since early 1980’s.
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| Sherman |
See New Milford - Sherman residents can bring trash and recyclables to the New Milford transfer station. |
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South Windsor
Frederick Shaw
Superintendent of Pollution Control
Phone: 860-644-2511 ext. 247
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South Windsor contracts with a private hauler that offers a 64 gallon and 96 gallon option for MSW curbside pickup, of which disposal and collection costs are included in residential property taxes. In the mid 1990's, South Windsor began charging residents $139.00 to cover the costs of disposal and collection for each additional container for MSW. Trash disposal dropped dramatically and households with additional containers reduced from 1,200 to 400.
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The SMART program has been in place since 1993 and involves only those residents whose trash goes to the transfer station .
- A "sleeve" of five large bags (30 to 33-gallon) costs $6.25
- A "sleeve" of five small bags (13 to15-gallon) costs $3.00
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Stafford
Roger DalPian, Jr.
Dept. of Public Works
Phone: 860-684-3448
Email:
dpw@staffordct.org |
As of November 1 2006, all residents who go to the transfer station must use town-issued trash bags. There are two sizes of bags available:
- 33-gallon bag that comes in packs of 10 for $12.50
- 15-gallon bag that comes in packs of 10 for $6.50
Any trash not placed in a town-issued bag will be required to go to a scale and is charged $0.05 per pound for disposal.
Approximately 90% of residents use the transfer station.
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Sterling/Voluntown
Roxanne Gray
Secretary to the Voluntown First Selectmen
Phone: 860-376-5880
Email:
rgray@voluntownct.org |
In April 1997 the Towns of Sterling and Voluntown joined the growing cadre of Connecticut Communities with pay-per-bag municipal solid waste (MSW) pricing. These towns opened a new, two-town transfer station in the Fall of 1994. It soon became apparent that the facility was receiving ever increasing amounts of garbage. The difficulty of policing out-of-town garbage and poor recycling compliance led these towns’ transfer station commission to institute a direct economic solution. Following informational meetings and public votes, both towns agreed to make major changes to the way payment for trash disposal was handled. Sterling and Voluntown residents are required to purchase a $35 annual permit for access to the transfer station. Residents dispose of MSW in bags purchased at the transfer station:
- A 30-gallon bag costs $1.50
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Stonington
John Phetteplace
Recycling Coordinator
Phone: 860-535-5099
E-mail:
jphetteplace@stonington-ct.gov |
This municipality has had this system in place since September 1992. The original program covered residential customers for the whole town.
Residents pay:
- $0.75 for a 15-gallon bag; and
- $1.25 for a 33-gallon bag.
The funds raised are used to cover program expenses, collection costs, and to pay the $60.00/ton tipping fee charged at the regional trash-to-energy plant. It did go to referendum as to whether or not the town would continue with this system. Residents voted almost 2:1 to keep the program.
Recently, Stonington contracted-out commercial trash hauling as well and the non-residential sector is now also covered by a PAYT program . 1) There has been no increase in illegal dumping since the program began; residents have actually commented that "things are cleaner" since the program was implemented; and 2) recycling figures are up since the onset of this program.
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Wallingford
Doreen Zaback
Resource Recovery Project Coordinator
Phone: 203-294-2060
Email: towngovwallingford@sbcglobal.net |
Wallingford has a SMART program at their municipal transfer station. Residents pay:
- $2.22 for each container of trash (30 gallons or less or
40 pounds or less) delivered to the transfer station.
Materials not placed in such containers are weighed to determine cost of disposal.
Senior citizens and others who have Medicare are eligible for free coupons with purchase of a $5 use permit.
It is estimated that approximately 2,500 households utilize the transfer station.
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Watertown
Roy Cavanaugh
Director of Public Works
Phone: 860-945-5240
Email: cavanaugh@watertownct.org |
Watertown has a SMART program located at the transfer station. Each resident must also obtain an annual use permit at $20.00. The program has been available since their landfill closed and a transfer station was built. The following is a list of pricing for the drop-off of household trash:
- $2.00 for each 15-gallon bag;
- $3.00 for each 30-gallon bag;
- $10.00 a load for compact station wagons/cars delivering trash;
- station wagons, sports utility type vehicles, mini pick-up trucks is $10.00 per ˝ load; $15.00 for vehicles loaded to the top of the vehicles sides; $25.00 if it is greater than vehicles sides; or
- Pick-up trucks and vans are $10.00 per ˝ load, $20 for vehicles loaded to the top of vehicles sides; and $30.00 for vehicles loaded greater than vehicle sides.
Approximately 3% of residents use the transfer station.
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Weston
Robert Nilsen
Transfer Station Operator
Phone: 203-222-2668
Email:
snizzbob@att.net |
Weston has a program in place at the transfer station . Residents must purchase stickers at $1.50 for a 30 pound bag of MSW. Recyclables are free. All haulers are also charged per pound for MSW being sent to the transfer station. We have found that this process greatly encourages better recycling and source reduction.
Approximately 10% of residents use the transfer station for MSW.
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Wilton
Jennifer Fascitelli
Phone: 203-563-0152
Email: Jennifer.Fascitelli@wiltonct.org |
Program only pertains to residents bringing their trash to the town transfer station. Residents must purchase tickets to dispose of MSW.
- One ticket is required per 32 gallon bag.
- Tickets cost $4.00 per ticket or for residents over 65 years of age the cost is $3.00 per ticket.
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Windsor
Mark Goossens
Solid Waste Manager
Phone: 860-285-1832
Email: goossens@townofwindsorct.com |
There is a SMART program for only for the Windsor and Bloomfield residents and businesses which do not buy an annual use permit:
- Car or pickup truck permit costs $77.00 per year;
- Car or pickup truck per trip (without a permit) costs $3.00 per load up to 100 pounds, then an additional $0.033 per pound (3.3 cents); and
- Vehicles other than a pickup truck or car are charged $68.00 per ton
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