{
 "answer": "The Town of Bennington, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Article 28: Municipal Solid Waste Variable Rate Pricing and Hauler Registration and Reporting Ordinance; Article 8: Ordinance Regulating the Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid Waste, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028469",
 "municipality": "Bennington",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://benningtonvt.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Article 28: Municipal Solid Waste Variable Rate Pricing and Hauler Registration and Reporting Ordinance",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-04-13",
   "document_url": "https://benningtonvt.org/Document%20Center/Government/Ordinances/Article-28-Municipal-Solid-Waste-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Implements variable (pay-as-you-throw) rate pricing for solid waste to encourage recycling/composting, plus registration and reporting requirements for solid-waste haulers operating in Town.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Article 8: Ordinance Regulating the Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid Waste",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://benningtonvt.org/Document%20Center/Government/Ordinances/Ordinance-8-Solid-Waste.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates separation, recovery, collection, removal, transportation, storage and disposal of solid waste and recyclables in the Town.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/bennington/garbage-recycling/"
}