CSWD’s mission is to reduce and manage the solid waste generated within Chittenden County in an environmentally sound,efficient, effective, and economical manner.
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) in northwest Vermont is a municipal district created in 1987 by member towns and cities to implement solid waste mandates legislated by the state of Vermont on their behalf. CSWD is the largest solid waste district in Vermont, serving all 18 towns and cities within Chittenden County. Members include roughly 168,000 residents (25 percent of the State’s population), 7,500 businesses, several large institutions, and tens of thousands of seasonal visitors and tourists. CSWD is not a department or agency of state government, rather a Board of Commissioners representing each community within the district provides financial and policy oversight.
CSWD’s mission is to reduce and manage the solid waste generated within Chittenden County in an environmentally sound,efficient, effective, and economical manner. This includes providing information to the public about private and public programs and facilities in addition to district owned and operated programs and facilities.
CSWD employs roughly 48 full-time staff. Facilities include Vermont’s largest food waste composting operation (where Green Mountain Compost soil amendments are produced and sold), the only publicly owned MRF in Vermont, a permanent, year-round household hazardous waste collection facility that also produces Local Color brand recycled paint, a seasonal mobile unit called The Rover that provides one-day HHW and paint collection within member communities, and six drop-off centers located around the county for household trash, “blue-bin” recyclables, food scraps, and other landfill-banned “special recyclables” not commonly collected by curbside hauling services. These facilities serve communities that reach far beyond the District’s geographical boundaries.
Providing educational outreach and resources as well as technical assistance for members, CSWD also performs compliance and enforcement actions as needed to ensure compliance with state mandates and the District’s own Solid Waste Management Ordinance.
Courtesy: www.wasteadvantage.com
