Rates & Fees

Household bagged trash and recycling are not accepted at the District Transfer Station. Blue-bin recycling and bagged trash must be taken to your town drop-off or picked up by a licensed hauler. 

Vehicles requiring only a scale weight are charged $5.00 per vehicle.

The District Transfer Station accepts credit cards, cash, and checks.

The District's Board of Supervisors approved the CY2025 budget: 2025 Adopted Rate Sheet (PDF).

View our 2024 Adopted Rate Sheet (PDF).

A fee of $35.00/ton is charged on all municipal solid waste (MSW) and construction and demolition debris (C&D) generated in the District that is destined for disposal (this fee is included in the Transfer Station MSW and C&D rate listed below), and $10/ton on contaminated soils approved by the Agency of Natural Resources for use as alternative daily cover.

A $1.00 admin fee is charged on all monetary transactions in addition to the rates listed below.

• Municipal solid waste (MSW), Construction & Demolition Debris: $148 per ton
• Minimum Fee - 100 lbs. or less - mixed debris: $9 per load

• Refrigerator, freezer, window A/C, water fountain, vending machine, dehumidifier: $15 each
• Commercial-Grade A/C units & outdoor residential A/C units: At cost

• Furnace, washer, dryer, hot water heater, stove, dishwasher, microwave, woodstove, etc.: no charge

Packaging requirements apply 

• Non-Friable: $250 per ton

• Wood: $1 per load

• $110 per ton

• Wet-cell, automotive: No Charge
• Small dry-cell, cell phones, rechargeable, button cell, lithium, lithium ion, NiMH, NiCad: No Charge
• Alkaline and carbon-zinc batteries: No Charge

Hard and soft cover

• Residential: $2 per load
• Business: $80/ton

Brush, branches; cut into 16-inch logs if greater than 6-inches in diameter

• Residential, up to 1 regular pick-up truck or small trailer: $7 per load
• Trucks (larger than pick-up truck), large loads, and all commercial loads: $60 per ton
• Mulch loading assistance (upon request): $10 per scoop

Large quantities call ahead

• No charge

Secure destruction

• Small amounts only: No charge

Items where ‟no charge” is indicated may be covered by Vermont E-Waste Law — No charge for households, 501(c)(3) charities, school districts, small businesses (10 or fewer employees) OR 7 or fewer covered items per visit.

• Large items or quantities charged by weight at the discretion of the scalehouse operator: $0.23 per lb.
• Computers, whole systems (includes everything): No charge (or $11 each)
• Computers, by piece (monitor or CPU or printer): No charge (or $6 per piece)
• Televisions (regular size): No charge (or $7 each)
• Televisions (console size): No charge (or $15 each)
• Desktop Photocopier: $11 per piece
• Small Electronics (CD/DVD player, Fax, Stereo, Corded Telephones, UPS, VCR etc.): $2.50 per piece
• Mixed Bag (adapters, cameras, chips, cords, game controllers, phones, remotes, etc - grocery bag size): $5 per bag

Items must meet acceptance criteria

• Residential: No charge
• Business (limit 1 cubic yard per week): $10 per load
• Business only, baled: $50 per bale

• All sizes: $5 each

Items where ‟no charge” is indicated may be covered by Vermont Mercury Lamp Law — No charge for general purpose mercury bulbs, 10 or fewer per day.

• Compact Fluorescent Lamps: No Charge
• U-Tube, Circular or Straight Tubes 4 ft. or shorter: No charge (or $0.35 each)
• Straight Tubes longer than 4 ft: No charge (or $0.60 each)
• HID Lamps: No charge (or $1 each)
• UV, Neon or other Specialty Lamps: $1.95 each

• Residential only, containers up to 5-gal: $1.00
• Business, containers up to 5-gal: $1.00 each
• Business, 32-gallon container: $15 each
• Business, 48-gallon container: $20 each 

• Residential (including all paint): No Charge
• Business, VSQG (including all paint) Must schedule appointment date/time: Actual Cost + $5 Fee (Under Vermont Paint Law — No charge for architectural paint. The $5-per-visit admin fee will be waived on paint-only loads.)

• Grass clippings, leaves, small twigs — 3 cubic yards or less: $2 per load
• Over 3 cubic yards: $20 per load

• Containing PCBs: $2.25 each

Call for acceptance guidelines; by appointment only

• $10 per cubic yard

• Intact thermometers, thermostats, etc.: No Charge

• Residential, uncontaminated only, 10 ga. or less per day: No Charge
• Business any amount or Residential greater than 10 gal, uncontaminated only, drums by appointment: $2.00 per gallon

• Residential: No Charge
• Business: Individual filters: $0.30 each
• Business: 5-gallon pail full: $13 per pail
• Business: 55-gallon drum full: $140 per drum

• 1-lb (Residential): No Charge
• 1-lb (Business): $1 each
• 20-lb or larger (grill size, resident or business): $5 each

All brands of disposable razors are accepted for special recycling. Razor blade heads and handles only.

• No charge

• Single Stream Recyclables from Commercial Haulers: $125 per ton
• Single Stream self-hauled from Businesses, 1 cubic yard or less: $10 per load
• Single Stream self-hauled from Businesses greater than 1 cubic yard: $125 per ton

• No Charge

• $15 per cubic yard

• Must be clean, dry, and in bags
• No Charge

• Passenger Tires: $4.00 each
• Large Truck Tires: $11 each
• Agricultural Tires, Earthmoving, & Oversized: $0.20 per pound
• Car & Light Truck up to 20"- Large Quantity by the pound: $0.11 per pound
• Specialty Tires:  At cost- call for pricing.