Windham Solid Waste Management is a service provider for recycling materials from plastic to hazardous waste. Their service area is in the southern portion of Windsor and Windham counties. This resource is funded by tax dollars and was designed to help the community properly dispose of and ecologically maintain their wastes. Here you can drop off any type of recyclable material as Windham Solid Waste Management accepts everything from plastic bottles to paper products and even glass containers.

Windham also offers a full range of services for household hazardous materials. There are restrictions on what are allowed, however, and it is important to stick to these guidelines so that you’re not left with full boxes of hazardous materials you can’t get rid of and they’re not wasting tax dollars to make them sort out and then find another way to dispose of materials. Some of the materials that they accept are paints (no latex based paints), mercury containing products (mercury vapor bulbs, thermometers, etc.), and even the increasingly popular fluorescent light bulbs.

Outside of their recycling and waste disposal services, Windham Solid Waste Management also has a composting project aimed at both residential users as well as commercial users. As an added benefit, the things that aren’t really recyclable, yet, and can be re-used, even if in non-conventional ways, also have a place at Windham. Through their Swap Shop program it is possible for anyone who wants to get rid of certain materials that can be used still to do so. Anyone is welcome to pickup or drop off without having to do both. Check their website, WindhamSolidWaste.org, for a list of acceptable recyclables, haz-mat waste, and swap shop items.