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Transfer Station Supervisor: Ralph Brand
Hours of Operation
Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The towns of Hampton and
Scotland share a transfer station located in Hampton.
From Main St. (Rt 97)
follow Main St/Rt 97 to Route 6. Take a left on Route 6, then a quick
Right on to S. Bigelow Rd. Travel about 2.5 miles, (toward the end, you
will actually merge on to Windham Rd.), then take a Left on to Landfill
Rd. The transfer station will be on your right.
Site/facility
personnel are there to provide assistance by answering questions,
monitoring the separation of trash and recyclables, and to reject any
type of waste/loads that do not comply with state and/or town
policy/regulation. Please give them your cooperation.
Please do not block the normal one way flow of traffic while using the
facilities.
You must have a valid
sticker to use the transfer station. Stickers are available for $25 in
the Town Clerk’s Office. One day passes are also available for a fee, in
addition to any appropriate fee listed below. Stickers must to be
attached to the vehicle and readily visible.
Fees
Demolition Loads
$30 Full Pickup
$20 Half Pickup
$20 Full Mini
Appliances with Freon $15
Other (large) Appliances $5
Car Tires $2
Car Tires with Rims $5
Truck Tires $10
Tractor Tires $50
*Demolition loads will be evaluated by facility personnel to ensure
compliance with recycling goals, and to determine an appropriate fee for
loads not listed above.
The town/s participates in a recycling
program and separate trash as follows:
Waste oil, Antifreeze, Batteries
Waste oil only, cannot be mixed with other hazardous liquids/materials.
Antifreeze cannot be
mixed with other hazardous liquids/materials.
Containers used for waste oil or
antifreeze cannot be recycled with their normal counterparts (HDPE
Plastics) and will be disposed of in the regular household garbage.
Batteries, Automotive/Marine (wet cell).
All batteries must be either completely drained of all electrolyte, or
be of sufficient structural condition so as to not cause contamination
due to leakage.
Plastics
Polyethylene terephthalate (aka PET, PETE
or the obsolete PETP or PET-P) plastics coded #1, and High-density
polyethylene (HDPE) plastics coded #2, along with waxed milk/juice
containers should be clean, with tops/caps removed and placed into the
compacting container provided.
Paper & Cardboard
Junk mail, office paper, magazines,
paperback books, clean shredded paper items may be tied, or placed
loosely into the container provided. No bags of any kind. No paper
clips, spiral bound books/binders or metal of any kind.
Corrugated cardboard items are to be empty
of all packing materials (Styrofoam, Plastics), broken down and placed
into the compacting container.
Small styrofoam (Peanuts) packing
materials should be bagged and disposed of with household garbage. Large
pieces of Styrofoam should be put in bulky waste.
Newspaper/Chipboard
Cereal, shoe, cracker and like
(non-corrugated) boxes, newspapers/circulars, wrapping (gift) paper,
paper shopping bags/animal feed bags not containing plastic or foil
linings may be tied/bundled and emptied into the container provided.
Metals
Appliances without Freon, and all non
hazardous metal objects can be placed in the open top dumpster provided.
Containers used for flammable materials/chemicals must be cleaned or
rendered inflammable prior to disposal. Paint cans must be empty and
completely dry. Propane tanks (empty) less than 16 Oz. are acceptable at
this time.
Large Appliances (refrigerator/freezer)
must have doors removed, doors are to be placed in the metal dumpster.
All items containing Freon shall be placed
where directed by site/ facility personnel.
Bulky Waste/Demo
Waste items other than household garbage,
recyclables, or hazardous waste will be placed in bulky waste open
dumpsters provided. There is no fee for common household items (chairs,
sofa’s, mattresses), or small appliances containing no hazardous waste.
Partially filled latex paint cans that are
completely dried out, or in a solid state are allowed.
Glass/Cans
Bottles/cans should be clean, but labels
need not be removed. Do not put (tempered) mirrors, window glass or car
windshield glass in the glass containers.
Hazardous Waste
Keep all hazardous waste at home until the
special collection dates. Such dates will be announced.
Brush/Yard debris
We encourage you to compost/recycle at
home. Brush/yard debris does not include leaves, except for the few
attached to any limb or stalk. Brush under 3” in diameter can be placed
in/on the brush pile. No other material (construction waste, fence
posts, railroad ties, etc…) is allowed. Check with site personnel before
dumping your load.
The Trading Shed
Aside from the obvious reasons to visit
this facility, there is the "thrill of the hunt" in the swap shed where
usable items, "too good" to toss out are set aside for others to take.
The goal is to provide useful items to the community (recycle) as much
as is reasonable within the limited space provided.
No trash please.
No items that are hazardous waste or items in disrepair.
Do not block traffic while visiting the swap shed. Please do your part
in keeping the shed safe, clean and orderly by removing excess packing,
bags or boxes from items if not needed for storage, while in the shed.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has a container on site for
the recycling of good useable clothing items. All items must be placed
in the container (not on the ground), or if full, in the swap shed, or
in the bulky waste dumpster.
Returnable bottles and cans
There is a container provided for
returnable bottle/cans, from which the proceeds benefit the school.
Private, Commercial Haulers
Two commercial haulers have been licensed
to pick up trash and haul it to the landfill.
F.W. Mayo & Sons
Willimantic, CT
423-7813
Willimantic Waste Paper Co.
Willimantic, CT
423-4527
Regardless of the method used, all town
residents are required to participate in the trash sorting and recycling
program and separate trash per the guidelines.
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