{
 "answer": "The Town of Middletown Springs, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Ordinance Requiring Variable Rate Pricing (\"Pay As You Throw\"/PAYT), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028589",
 "municipality": "Middletown Springs",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance Requiring Variable Rate Pricing (\"Pay As You Throw\"/PAYT)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-06-25",
   "document_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/juniper-media-library/359/2025/07/MTS-Policy-Manual-Rev-01.17.2025.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires solid waste haulers/facilities to charge residential customers by volume or weight of municipal solid waste collected (variable rate/Pay-As-You-Throw), per Act 148; escalating civil penalties $100-$500 for hauler/facility non-compliance. Adopted by the Selectboard June 25, 2015.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/middletown-springs/garbage-recycling/"
}