The Montpelier Bridge
Photo courtesy of Central Vermont Waste Management District Facebook page.
Thanks to a new six-figure grant, the local solid waste management organization can expand hazardous household waste processing. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has awarded extra money to the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District to help create a year-round household hazardous waste collection facility and to purchase a new box truck for hauling materials.
The Agency’s Department of Environmental Conservation has awarded the waste management district $156,100 from its Solid Waste Management Assistant Fund to manage household hazardous waste in Central Vermont. In February 2020, the conservation department awarded Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District $500,000 for the construction of a new household hazardous waste collection facility. The 2021 grant award increases the district’s total grant funding to $656,100, with $600,000 designated fo