Garbage & recycling across Vermont
When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?
74 of 277 municipalities in Vermont have an adopted ordinance on garbage & recycling on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alburgh Town |
Town of Alburgh Ordinance Regulating Outdoor Storage of Junk and Junk Vehicles (Title 9, Ch. 2)
+1 more |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Arlington Town |
Town of Arlington Municipal Solid Waste Variable Rate Pricing and Hauler Registration and Reporting Ordinance
adopted 2015-04-06 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Athens Town |
Solid Waste Ordinance (2015) | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Barnet Town |
Barnet Solid Waste Transfer Station Ordinance | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Barre City |
Code of Ordinances Ch. 18 - Regulations of Solid Waste Disposal, Transportation and Storage
adopted 2021-08-20 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Bennington Town |
Article 28: Municipal Solid Waste Variable Rate Pricing and Hauler Registration and Reporting Ordinance
+1 more adopted 2015-04-13 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Bethel Town |
Regulations for the Collection and Recycling of Solid Waste in the Town of Bethel | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Brandon Town |
Solid Waste Ordinance | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Brattleboro Town |
Brattleboro Code Chapter 7 - Ordinance Regulating Solid Waste | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Brighton Town |
Ordinance Regulating the Burning and Disposal of Solid Wastes
adopted 2009-04-21 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Brookline Town |
Brookline Recycling Policy
adopted 2018-12-19 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Burlington City |
Code of Ordinances Chapter 14 - Solid Waste | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Canaan Town |
Ordinance Regulating the Collection, Disposal, and Management of Solid Waste (Rev. 06/11/26)
adopted 2026-06-11 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Cavendish Town |
Town of Cavendish Ordinance Regulating the Disposal of Solid Waste
adopted 2007-10-10 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Chittenden Town |
Transfer Station Ordinance
adopted 2025-08-11 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Clarendon Town |
Refuse Disposal Ordinance | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Colchester Town |
Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5: Carters
+1 more |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Concord Town |
Civil Ordinance Regulating the Burning and Disposal of Solid Wastes (waste collection provisions)
adopted 2000-08-08 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Derby Town |
Ordinance Regulating the Disposal of Refuse
adopted 2016-11-07 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Dorset Town |
Municipal Solid Waste Variable Rate Pricing and Hauler Registration and Reporting Ordinance (PAYT)
adopted 2018-04-17 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Enosburg Falls Village |
Ordinance Regulating the Burning and Disposal of Solid Wastes (waste collection provisions) | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Essex Junction City |
Municipal Code Chapter 18 - Ordinance Regulating Control of Litter, Refuse, Garbage, Junk, Junk Motor Vehicles, Trash and Solid Waste
+1 more |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Fairfax Town |
Civil Ordinance Regulating Construction/Demolition Waste Disposal
adopted 2010-04-19 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Fairlee Town |
Town of Fairlee Solid Waste Disposal and Burning Ordinance | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Glover Town |
Regulation of Waste by Dumping in the Town of Glover | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Grand Isle Town |
Town of Grand Isle Ordinance Regulating Disposal of Solid Waste and Outdoor Storage of Junk and Junk Vehicles | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Granville Town |
Town of Granville Civil Ordinance: Variable Rate Pricing by Volume or Weight for Municipal Solid Waste Collection
adopted 2015-07-06 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Hardwick Town |
Town of Hardwick, Civil Ordinance Regulating the Control of Solid Waste, Garbage, Junk, Junk Motor Vehicles and Trash
adopted 2016-11-03 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Hartford Town |
Code Ch. 174 - Solid Waste | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Holland Town |
Town of Holland, Vermont Solid Waste and Junkyard Ordinance
adopted 2019-08-05 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Killington Town |
Solid Waste Disposal Regulations (Town of Sherburne), adopted December 5, 1988
adopted 1988-12-05 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Londonderry Town |
Londonderry Solid Waste Group 2025 Solid Waste Implementation Plan, Adopted September 8, 2025
adopted 2025-09-08 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Lowell Town |
Town of Lowell Ordinance Protecting the Town from Unlawful Dumping (Littering Ordinance)
adopted 2014-07-22 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Ludlow Town |
Town of Ludlow Solid Waste Management Ordinance, adopted July 12, 2021
adopted 2021-07-12 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Lyndon Town |
Town of Lyndon Ordinances Ch. 8 -- Solid Waste Management
adopted 2018-10-01 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Lyndonville Village |
Village of Lyndonville Ordinances, Chapter 6 - Waste & Refuse (dumps/littering)
adopted 1995-01-30 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Manchester Town |
Manchester Unified Ordinance, Chapter XVIII - Solid Waste and Littering | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Manchester Village |
Village of Manchester Revised Ordinances of 1984, as Amended, Effective July 1, 2016 - Section III No. 17, Dumping of Waste Material
adopted 2016-07-01 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Marshfield Town |
Town of Marshfield Civil Ordinance #1, Regulating the Burning and Disposal of Solid Wastes, Adopted June 24, 1997
adopted 1997-06-24 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Middlebury Town |
Ordinance Regulating the Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Middletown Springs Town |
Ordinance Requiring Variable Rate Pricing ("Pay As You Throw"/PAYT)
adopted 2015-06-25 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Montpelier City |
Code Ch. 7, Art. IV - Garbage and Trash | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Newbury Town |
Town of Newbury Solid Waste Disposal and Burning Ordinance
adopted 2017-06-21 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| North Bennington Village |
Property Maintenance Ordinance #30 (waste disposal/recycling provisions)
adopted 2026-04-07 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Northfield Town |
Variable Rate Pricing by Volume or Weight for Municipal Solid Waste Collection | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Norwich Town |
Code of Ordinances Ch. 75 - Solid Waste (Prohibition on Disposal of Human Biosolid Waste and Septage)
adopted 2017-11-15 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Pittsford Town |
Town of Pittsford Ordinance Regulating Disposal of Solid Waste and Outdoor Storage of Junk and Junk Vehicles
+1 more adopted 2026-08-19 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Plainfield Town |
Ordinance Regulating Control of Solid Waste
+1 more adopted 2015-03-09 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Randolph Town |
Town of Randolph Solid Waste and Junkyard Ordinance
adopted 2003-11-04 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Royalton Town |
Civil Ordinance Requiring Variable Rate Pricing for Municipal Solid Waste Collection
adopted 2015-03-24 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Rutland Town |
Solid Waste (Chapter 179, Article I - Recycling)
+1 more adopted 1994-04-18 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Sandgate Town |
Adoption of Pay-As-You-Throw Ordinance (amendment notice)
adopted 2017-12-15 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Shrewsbury Town |
Town of Shrewsbury Civil Ordinance -- Variable Rate Pricing by Volume or Weight for Municipal Solid Waste Collection | — | 2026-09-22 |
| South Burlington City |
Code Ch. 28 - Solid Waste | — | 2026-09-22 |
| St. Albans City |
St. Albans Municipal Code Title 9, Chapter 11 - Waste Storage and Collection Ordinance
adopted 2019-05-13 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| St. Johnsbury Town |
Code of Civil Ordinances, Town of St. Johnsbury - Chapter 6, Sec. 6-95 Garbage and Refuse Storage and Collection
adopted 2017-10-24 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Sunderland Town |
Town of Sunderland Municipal Solid Waste Variable Rate Pricing and Hauler Registration and Reporting Ordinance
+1 more adopted 2017-10-02 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Sutton Town |
Town of Sutton Ordinance Regulating Solid Waste and Junk
adopted 2018-01-25 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Swanton Village |
Swanton Village "Free Pile" Ordinance | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Thetford Town |
Civil Ordinance Regulating the Disposal of Solid Wastes (Recycling Ordinance) | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Tinmouth Town |
Town of Tinmouth Ordinance Regulating Solid Waste | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Wallingford Town |
Wallingford Title 4, Chapter 1: Solid Waste Ordinance
adopted 2007-10-15 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Warren Town |
Civil Ordinance - Variable Rate Pricing by Volume or Weight for Municipal Solid Waste Collection | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Washington Town |
Town of Washington Ordinance Regulating the Disposal of Solid Wastes
adopted 1992-05-11 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Waterbury Town |
Town of Waterbury Civil Ordinance - Variable Rate Pricing by Volume or Weight for Municipal Solid Waste Collection | — | 2026-09-22 |
| Weathersfield Town |
Ordinance Regulating the Disposal of Solid Wastes
+1 more adopted 2007-05-17 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Westford Town |
Contracted Waste & Recycling Reimbursement Policy
adopted 2019-02-25 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Westminster Town |
Ordinance Regulating the Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste
adopted 2015-06-22 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Wheelock Town |
Ordinance Regulating Disposal of Solid Waste and Outdoor Storage of Junk and Junk Vehicles -- Town of Wheelock (Solid Waste provisions)
adopted 2026-07-21 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Whitingham Town |
Civil Ordinance Regulating the Management of Solid Waste and Variable Rate Pricing
adopted 2018-03-28 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Williamstown Town |
Ordinance Regulating Control of Solid Waste -- Williamstown
adopted 2014-10-06 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Wilmington Town |
Single-Use Plastic Bag Ordinance
adopted 2018-12-18 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Windsor Town |
Title 13 - Trash (Illegal Dumping)
adopted 2019-08-13 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
| Wolcott Town |
Wolcott Solid Waste Ordinance Regarding Illegal Dumping
adopted 1994-03-28 |
— | 2026-09-22 |
Nothing on file for garbage & recycling
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Checked, nothing adopted (3) — Corinth (2026-09-22), Morristown (2026-09-22), Winooski (2026-09-22).
Other ordinances on file, none on this topic (159) — Addison, Alburgh, Andover, Baltimore, Barnard, Barre, Barton, Barton, Bellows Falls, Belvidere, Benson, Berkshire, Berlin, Bolton, Bradford, Bridgewater, Bridport, Bristol, Brookfield, Brownington, Brunswick, Burke, Cabot, Cambridge, Charleston, Charlotte, Chelsea, Chester, Coventry, Craftsbury, Danby, Derby Line, Dummerston, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Eden, Elmore, Essex, Fair Haven, Fairfield, Ferrisburgh, Fletcher, Franklin, Grafton, Greensboro, Groton, Guildhall, Guilford, Halifax, Hancock, Hartland, Highgate, Hinesburg, Huntington, Hyde Park, Hyde Park, Isle La Motte, Jacksonville, Jamaica, Jay, Johnson, Johnson, Kirby, Landgrove, Leicester, Lemington, Lincoln, Ludlow, Lunenburg, Maidstone, Marlboro, Middlesex, Milton, Monkton, Montgomery, Moretown, Morgan, Morrisville, Mount Holly, New Haven, Newfane, Newfane, Newport, Newport, North Troy, Norton, Old Bennington, Orleans, Orwell, Panton, Pawlet, Peacham, Peru, Plymouth, Pomfret, Poultney, Pownal, Proctor, Putney, Reading, Readsboro, Richford, Richmond, Ripton, Rochester, Rockingham, Roxbury, Rupert, Rutland, Ryegate, Salisbury, Shaftsbury, Sharon, Sheffield, Shelburne, Sheldon, Shoreham, South Hero, Springfield, St. Albans, St. George, Stamford, Stannard, Starksboro, Stockbridge, Stowe, Strafford, Stratton, Swanton, Topsham, Townshend, Troy, Tunbridge, Underhill, Vernon, Vershire, Waitsfield, Walden, Wardsboro, Waterford, Waterville, Wells, West Burke, West Fairlee, West Haven, West Rutland, West Windsor, Westfield, Westmore, Weybridge, Whiting, Williston, Windham, Winhall, Woodbury, Woodford, Woodstock, Woodstock, Worcester.
No ordinances published online (29, verified negatives) — Albany, Albany, Bloomfield, Braintree, Castleton, Cornwall, Danville, Derby Center, Dover, East Haven, Fayston, Georgia, Goshen, Granby, Hubbardton, Irasburg, Jeffersonville, Marshfield, Mount Tabor, Newark, Newbury, Saxtons River, Searsburg, Sudbury, Victory, Waltham, Wells River, Westminster, Weston.
Unconfirmed (12, leads but nothing verified) — Bakersfield, Calais, Cambridge, Enosburgh, Ira, Jericho, Mendon, North Hero, Orange, Pittsfield, Poultney, Vergennes.