HOURS: Weds 4:00 pm to 7:00pm SUMMERS ONLY; Saturdays 9:00am to 3:00pm and Sundays 12:00pm to 3:00pm YEAR ROUND.

Rupert Transfer Station Telephone: Call Town Clerk 802.394.7728

The following are accepted at the Rupert Vermont Recycling Center:

Glass: Any food and beverage containers clear, green, brown

Glass Preparation: Must be clean and dry. Sort by color, remove caps & lids, remove plastic wraps, remove metal and plastic neck rings. Paper labels are OK. No needles, china, or ceramics.

Tin Cans: Steel food and beverage cans, aerosol cans, cookie tins, steel screw caps and lids (will stick to magnet)

Tin Can Preparation: Must be clean and dry. Remove labels and expel all gas from aerosol cans. No aluminum cans, no partially filled cans, no propane cylinders, no scrap metal.

Plastic Containers: PET, HDPE Natural (uncolored), HDPE Colored (packing peanuts also accepted)

Plastic Preparation: Must be clean, dry and free of contamination. Remove caps, lids, and sprayers, rinse and drain detergent bottles, drain oil containers for 24 hours, sort by # on the bottom. No tied bundles, no plastic bags, no plastic film, no plastic caps or lids, no plastic toys, no plastic housewares, no roofing tar or driveway sealer pails, no sprayers or pumps.

Deposit Containers: Glass, plastic, and aluminum

Deposit Preparation: Must be clean, dry and must have deposit label intact. Remove caps, place in designated container. No unopened containers, no partially filled containers.

Paper: Newspaper, newspaper inserts, mixed paper, and magazines

Paper Preparation: Must be clean,dry, and loose. No tied bundles, no bags.

Corrugated boxes: Brown paper grocery bags, brown craft paper, cardboard boxes

Corrugated Boxes Preparation: Must be clean, dry, and loose. Breakdown flat (open top and bottom), remove string from bags, remove plastic and wax paper liners from pet food bags, remove all contents. No waxed cardboard, no plastic coated cardboard, no tied bundles, no pizza boxes, no industrial cores, no boxboard.

Boxboard: Cereal, pasta, detergent, cake mix boxes, etc.

Boxboard Preparation: Must be clean, dry and loose. Remove all liner bags, remove any metal or plastic parts, remove any foil or plastic wrappings, breakdown flat (open top and bottom). No tied bundles, no pizza boxes, no plastic coated boxes, no wax coated boxes, no foil coated boxes, no milk cartons, no egg cartons, no beer and soda boxes / carriers.

Metal: The town will continue to accept metal items twice per year on specified weekends. At no charge: Large appliances, iron, metal (stoves, washers, dryers, refrigerators, water tanks, fuel tanks, air conditioners, freezers, etc.). No garbage inside, no boxed or crated appliances, no fuel in tanks, no tanks with water in them, no firebrick in stoves or furnaces. A charge may need to be implemented for these items in the future.

The Following items WILL NOT be accepted at Rupert:

Tires, coal or wood ashes, yard waste, industrial waste, Household Hazardous Waste, regulated medical waste, no loose needles (see guidelines for proper disposal), infectious waste, radioactive waste, automotive fluids (motor oil may be taken at no charge to most stores and garages that sell it), construction & demolition material (plywood, vinyl siding, tile, shingles, sheetrock, plaster, insulation, pressure treated wood, etc.) or any other item regulated by federal, state or local authorities. Other Transfer Stations in the region will accept some or many of these items: Shaftsbury Transfer Station, Pownal Transfer Station, Northshire Transfer Station , and Sunderland Transfer Station. If you are unable to find a place to legally dispose of these materials, contact Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.

For information about Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days for 2010 for Arlington, Dorset, Manchester, Rupert, Sandgate, & Sunderland: Arlington Area HHW

**Items in the list or fees may change in the future, please verify.**