The CSWD (Chittenden Solid Waste District) NewsFlash is a monthly email containing general recycling and composting tips, tire and appliance round ups and other CSWD events. To sign up click here!

In the September 2013 issue:

• Enter your school in the Recycle-Bowl! Check out the Recycle-Bowl website for more info and register today!

• The Rover is coming to your town!  The Rover is the mobile household  hazardous waste collection unit that hibernates at the Environmental Depot, CSWD’s year-round hazardous waste collection facility in South Burlington.The Depot takes hazardous materials all year long; the Rover stops once in each town from July 6 to October 26, 2013.
• Recycling Made Easy–Anywhere Make sure your event, venue or park is up to speed with recycling “on the go.”
• Green Mountain Compost update By Jen Baer, GMC Sales and Production Coordinator
• You’ll win when you bring us your food scraps! The Chittenden Solid Waste District will accept your food scraps FREE for composting – and if you take part in the Composting Challenge, you’ll get some great rewards for putting them in compost receptacles at our Drop-Off Centers or Green Mountain Compost instead of the trash
• It’s time to plan your America Recycles Day event — CSWD can help!  In April, there is Earth Day. On November 15 we have America Recycles Day — a nationwide date for organizations and groups to raise recycling awareness by holding collections, pledge drives, contests, and education events.
• Highfields offers two advanced composting workshops  Composting isn’t rocket science, but there is a lot going on in that pile of leaves and food scraps. The more you know, the better it works. There are two courses offered by Highfields Center for Composting that can kick your skills to a new level — and perhaps help you land a plum position in the burgeoning green jobs market.