NEW CABOT RECYCLING CENTER AND TRASH DROP

WILL OPEN SATURDAY, MARCH 27

Users can sort and separate recyclables on site.

Cabot is now a member of the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District, which provides free recycling service. The NEW RECYCLING CENTER will be housed in the gray barn at the WASTEWATER PLANT in LOWER CABOT. Turn off Route 215 South at SAW MILL ROAD, cross the bridge, and take the left at the second driveway. Hours will be the same: SATURDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON. There will be no further collection at the Creamery site.

John Cookson will collect trash at the new site for the same per bag fee (generally $3.50 for a 30 gallon bag) and manage the recycling center as well. Recyclables must be separated. You can sort them at home or at the center, and John will be on hand to help you get the hang of it. It's not hard, and it's free!

Materials accepted for recycling will be:

MIXED PAPER : newspapers, magazines and catalogues, paperback books, colored,white and wrapping paper and junk mail.

CARDBOARD, BROWN PAPER BAGS AND BOXBOARD : but, please, no wax-coated cardboard, egg cartons or (shudder!) Styrofoam. Remove excess tape, leave the staples, but no strings, handles or bags with plastic layers.

TIN CANS : We'll have a magnet on hand. If your can sticks to it, it's tin. Please rinse, but don't worry about flattening or labels. Just remember: This isn't scrap metal, so no pots, pans, chicken wire, old lawn mowers or fire pokers. You get the picture.

ALUMINUM CANS, FOIL AND FOOD TRAYS : If it doesn't stick to the magnet, it's aluminum. Rinse. Snack bags and candy wrappers are not foil, so please omit.

GLASS (ALL COLORS IN SAME BARREL) : Yes to bottles, jars, mirrors, plate and window glass, ceramic (toilets without hardware and broken up), Pyrex and drinking gasses. No to crystal, lids, metal or wood, light bulbs and fluorescent bulbs. Please remove the metal collars from wine bottles.

PLASTICS #1 THROUGH #7 : All in one bin, including rigid plastic, lids (yes, lids!), tubs, automotive product containers (provided they are completely drained). Leave the labels, crush large containers like milk jugs and please rinse everything. Do not bring vinyl siding, Styrofoam (anudder shudder!), syringes or medical devices.

PLASTIC BAGS : That's right, those plastic bags they give you at the supermarket if you aren't fast enough to ask for paper, but no black plastic bags.

More materials may be added in future. We'll keep you informed

REDEEMABLE CANS AND BOTTLES CAN STILL BE LEFT FOR SCHOOL GROUPS!