Rutland County Solid Waste District

The Rutland County Solid Waste District offers a variety of solid waste, recycling, waste education, household hazardous waste, composting and administrative support programs for our seventeen member municipalities. Some services are also available to non-District communities on a fee for service basis. In addition, the District operates a regional... drop-off center and transfer station at Gleason Road in Rutland City. District program, facility and rate information is now available on our web site, www.rcswd.com. Waste Disposal: During 2012, residents and businesses in our member municipalities disposed of approximately 34,000 tons of municipal solid waste; nearly all of this was through the District's master disposal contract with Casella Waste Management. The cost of disposal, handling and transportation from the District Transfer Station at Gleason Road to the landfill was $78.32 per ton. State taxes, district surcharge and the Rutland City Host Community Fee totaled $23.97, for a final disposal cost of $102.29 per ton. Tonnage was down this year largely in part due to the downturn in the economy. Recycling: The District owns a Material Recovery Facility (MRF), or recycling center, off West Street in Rutland City that is leased by Casella Waste Management for their operations. The MRF accepts seventeen recyclable commodities from transfer stations, commercial haulers and large generators for processing and sale for re-use. The facility currently receives approximately 27,000 tons of recyclables a year. The tonnage rate for recycling materials was also down for the year due to the economy. Casella Waste Management has been making upgrade improvements to the facility with the anticipation of converting the collection and processing to a single-stream system in the near future. In November of 2011 Casella had completed with the installation of new equipment for the conversion of the facility to accept and process zero-sort recycling. The equipment is designed to handle up to 15 tons an hour with the capability ...Read More