Town of Killingworth

Transfer Station

HOURS / LOCATION

Tuesday: 2-7pm
Thursday: 2-7pm
Saturday: 8am-2pm

Recycle Way, Route 81
Donald Berry, Supervisor

RESOURCES

CT Resources Recovery Authority
CT River Estuary Regional Planning Agency

Reminder: Recycle Those Catalogs and Holiday Items
Forget what Irving Berlin wrote about a white Christmas. Connecticut’s recycling leader, the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, is encouraging everyone to keep the holidays green.

There are lots of holiday-related items that are recyclable, starting with what’s already appearing in mailboxes. According to Earth911.com, “each year 19 billion catalogs are mailed to American consumers.” In the 72 cities and towns that recycle with CRRA, as well as just about every other community in the state, catalogs can be recycled along with newspapers, junk mail, magazines and computer paper.

In addition to catalogs, here are some other dos and don’ts to make your holidays as green as can be:

Corrugated cardboard – items ordered by mail or online are usually shipped in corrugated boxes. These boxes should be recycled.
Greeting cards, envelopes and wrapping paper – but only those that have no foil or plastic coating, and no photo cards or cards that play music or other sound. If you want to do something greener, buy recycled-content paper products. Ribbons and bows can’t be recycled, but can be re-used.
Gift boxes – boxboard (such as shoe boxes, cereal boxes and cracker boxes) and other types of cardboard should be recycled, but not if they’re coated with foil or plastic
Big paper shopping bags – recycle them. If your community hasn’t switched to single-stream recycling, these bags are also great for packing newspapers, catalogs and other types of mixed paper.
Plastic bags – please keep them out of the recycling bins and barrels. Many retailers will take them back.
Glass – bottles and jars should be recycled. Light bulbs, mirrors, drinking glasses and window panes must be kept out of the recycling bins and barrels.
Trees, wreaths, garlands – if they’re made out of trees and shrubs, they should be composted. If you don’t have your own outdoor composting bin, many cities and towns will collect them after the holidays. Call your city or town to find out. If they’re artificial, save them for next year.
Foam packing peanuts – these do not go in the recycling bin or barrel. The Plastic Loose Fill Council has set up the Peanut Hotline (800-828-2214) that can connect you to over 1,500 collection points in the United States, including eight in Connecticut.

More information is available online, both from CRRA and from the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.

The Killingworth Transfer Station is located on Recycle Way, on Route 81, just north of the Killingworth Library. Use of the Transfer Station is open to Killingworth residents at no charge.

To bring your trash to the Transfer Station, you must display a current town sticker on your vehicle’s windshield. A sticker is good for only one vehicle. Each household is entitled to stickers for two vehicles.

Stickers are available at the

Tax Collector's Office, Town Hall, during regular business hours. Bring current registration for each vehicle.
The Transfer Station office, during normal hours of operation.

To obtain stickers, you must fill out a registration form and present your vehicle registration. The form is available to the right; to save time, print it out and bring it with you.

When you sell your vehicle, be sure to remove the town sticker. Even if the new owner lives in Killingworth, a new sticker will be required.

Remember, through our taxes we pay for each pound of trash we dispose of; when nonresidents use our transfer station, we are paying for their free ride.

KEEP KILLINGWORTH CLEAN, GREEN, AND IN THE BLACK
Killingworth pays by the ton for solid waste disposal, but we get paid a small amount for every ton of recyclables. So the more we recycle, the lower our taxes.
In addition to the recyclables you can bring to the Transfer Station, many items can be kept out of the household waste bins:

Table scraps can be composted. You can find information at such websites as www.nrcs.usda.gov
Plastic bags can be brought back to most supermarkets; better yet, bring reusable bags when you shop.
Used books can be donated to the Killingworth Library.
Old eyeglasses are collected by the Lions Club in boxes around town.

Killingworth’s Transfer Station is more user friendly than almost any other town’s. Let’s keep it that way.

What can I Bring?
Residents may dispose of regular household garbage, all paper (newspaper, cardboard,office paper), bottle and cans including plastics #1 & #2 without additional fees.
Brush – up to 4" in diameter and not longer than 8' in length.
Leaves- must be emptied from bags in designated area.
Scrap metal – items must be drained of any oil or gasoline

What shouldn't I Bring?
No hazardous wastes such as lead based paint, asbestos or pesticides should be brought to the facility. These items may be disposed of at Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days set up in the area throughout the late spring and summer.

No wood larger than 4" in diameter may be disposed of at the facility.
No clean fill (rocks, concrete, dirt etc.) can be disposed of at the site

Estuary Region Household Hazardous Waste

Household Hazardous Waste collection will begin again in spring 2012.

The Estuary Region Household Hazardous Waste Facility is located in Essex (Rte 9, Exit 4, Past the CRRA Transfer Station, up hill, on left)
Please Note: Identification required! Drivers’ licenses will be checked.
There is no fee to attend.
Commercial waste is not accepted at HHW Collections.

For information, call the Connecticut River Estuary
Regional Planning Agency
(860) 388.3497

Acceptable Materials
Household:

Garage:

Workshop:

Yard/Garden

Unacceptable Materials

Town of Killingworth
323 Route 81, Killingworth, CT 06419
860.663.1765
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