This web page is designed to provide the residents and businesses of Arlington, Dorset, Manchester, Pownal, Rupert, Sandgate, Shaftsbury, and Sunderland Vermont with answers to your questions about recycling, composting, trash disposal, household hazardous waste, transfer stations and other related waste management issues.

The Bennington County Regional Commission (BCRC) assists municipalities with solid waste planning upon request. Eight BCRC municipalities are included in the Regional Solid Waste Implementation Plan, while the remaining municipalities have created their own individual Solid Waste Implementation Plans. Responsibility for implementing the tasks outlined in these plans lies with each municipality.

Click on the menu links at the top of the page to obtain information on ways to recycle, compost, or dispose of waste in your town. Each page also provides links to other organizations and information that can help you learn more about environmentally sound management of your solid waste. Please note that the BCRC neither endorses nor takes the responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained on the linked websites provided. For more information on any questions you have, please contact the Solid Waste Coordinator Ham Gillett.

For a copy of the latest newsletter click on this link: Latest Newsletter. If you have just moved to the area, click on this link: Move-In Handout.

For information about Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days for Arlington, Dorset, Manchester, Rupert, Sandgate, & Sunderland: Household Hazardous Waste Page.

Announcement: National Prescription Medication Take-Back Initiative on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 10:00AM – 2:00PM Local Collection Site at the Bennington County Sheriff’s Department, 212 Lincoln Street. To learn more: DEA website or download the announcement: Department of Justice Announcement

Announcement:Interested in learning more about the latest processes for producing compost, using compost and reducing greenhouse emissions? Learn how to build piles, improve soil, enhance plant resistance to disease and insects, produce worm compost, and more! Read more about this opportunity in this announcement: Vermont Master Composter Course offered this Fall.