Some changes coming you’ll need to know about if you’re remodeling your home soon in Vermont. The next phase of the state’s universal recycling law kicks in. A number of recycling changes are coming to Vermont July 1st. First, any trash can accessible to the general public, must be paired with a recycling container. “This has shown to improve recycling rates in general,” says Jonny Finity of the Chittenden Solid Waste District.
Another change means certain construction and demolition debris in Chittenden County will be banned from the landfill. “That would be asbestos free, asphalt shingles, unpainted or unstained plywood and unpainted and unstained oriented strand board,” says Finity. Right now in Vermont such materials don’t have to be recycled if under 40 cubic yards.
“Meaning today if you were to remodel your bathroom that sheet rock in your bathroom wouldn’t necessarily have to be recycled because you’re under 40 cubic yards,” says Joe Sinagra. He is the Sustainability Director for Myers Waste & Recycling, the first and only construction debris recycling center in Vermont.
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