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Electronics legislation has been passed in Vermont banning the disposal of many electronic devices from landfills starting January 1, 2011. Beginning July 1, 2011, electronics manufacturers are required to provide FREE collection and recycling of many of the devices. Some items will still carry a charge to consumers. Check out http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/e-waste/ for more information as well as Get the 411 on electronics disposal in Vermont.

Special - one day Electronics Collection - October 2010. The Solid Waste Alliance Communities and the Rutland County Solid Waste District hosted a FREE one-day electronics collection for all Rutland County residents on Saturday, October 30, 2010. Many towns also opted to participate in a pre-collection of materials. Materials were collected from the pre-collection towns and were aggregated the week following the collection. The event was sponsored and paid for by Panasonic, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Visio, IBM, and LG. Good Point Recycling located in Middlebury, Vermont, was hired to coordinate the event. SWAC would like to thank the electronics manufacturers for their generous financial support that allowed this project to take place. It currently costs $.25 per pound to recycle electronics. The materials collected during this event would have cost SWAC and the District appproximately $22,000! The amount of materials collected was astounding.

On the day of the actual day of the collection, 46 phones, 100 TV's, 17 vacuums, 147 monitors, 90 computer towers, 10 laptops, 80 printers, 165 peripherals (mouse, keyboard), 87 stereoes/radios, 41 VCRs/DVDs, and 180 miscellaneous items such as microwaves, satellites, crockpots, humidifiers, scanners, faxes, and cameras.

 

On that day, there were 159 participants from the following towns - Castleton, 9; Center Rutland, 2; Clarendon, 6: Hubbardton, 1; Killington, 3; Mendon, 7; Middletown Springs, 2; Mt. Holly, 1; Pittsford, 11; Pittsfield, 1; Poultney, 1; Proctor, 13; Rutland City, 60; Rutland Town, 19; Sudbury, 2; Wallingford, 4; Wells, 2; West Rutland, 14; Weston, 1

 

The following is a list of collection sites and pounds of materials collected at each location:

 

SWAC TOWN			LBS. COLLECTED			DISTRICT TOWN		LBS. COLLECTED
Benson			9883			Mt. Holly		7081
Chittenden			6661			Killington		6836
Fair Haven			2617
Middletown Springs			11481					13917
Pawlet			5544
Shrewsbury			7140
Rutland Town			247			DISTRICT MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY (MRF)		26100
Sudbury			1531
Tinmouth			3541
		TOTAL LBS.	48,645				TOTAL LBS.	53,934
					GRAND TOTAL IN POUNDS	88662
					GRAND TOTAL IN TONS	44.331	AVOIDED COST AT $.25 PER POUND	$22,165.5