Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has conditionally awarded funds to Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (CVSWMD) to wrap the district’s box truck with messaging around recycling and composting in support of Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law (ACT 148). The $3,250 grant, issued by the ANR’s Department of Environmental Conservation, is intended to help “educate and build public awareness of these requirements and emphasize the importance of recycling and organics diversion.”
CVSWMD will use the grant to pay for a portion of the costs to cover the district’s box truck with a street-art style graphics designed by U-32 students Jake and Josh Ehret. The truck is on the road several days of the week within CVSWMD’s 19 member towns.
The box truck is used for transporting books, electronics and other recyclables from schools and libraries. It is also used for Household Hazardous Waste collections and other special events such as America recycles Day, Tunbridge World’s Fair, Earth Day at Hunger Mountain Co-op, and other events. In addition, it is used to haul recyclables to the NEKWMD and NWSWD. Given the distance the truck is driven, it has significant visibility throughout central and northern Vermont.
About CVSWMD:
CVSWMD offers an array of programing that supports its Zero Waste implementation plan. Programs include a robust School Zero Waste Program, a Business Composting Program, the Additional Recyclables Collection Center, technical support and at-cost equipment for back yard composting, reuse grants, and workshops about composting, recycling, zero-waste tips and more.
CVSWMD Member Towns include: Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, Bradford, Calais, Chelsea, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Fairlee, Hardwick, Middlesex, Montpelier, Orange, Plainfield, Tunbridge, Walden, Washington, Williamstown, and Woodbury.
Source: Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District 5.17.2018