NEW STYROFOAM RECYCLING PROGRAM starting August 6 at the Lyndonville Recycling Center!

The Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District is excited to offer a new expanded polystyrene (aka "Styrofoam") recycling program to NEKWMD residents and businesses starting Saturday, August 6 only at the Lyndonville Recycling Center. In partnership with FoamCycle, the NEKWMD is conducting a 6-month pilot project to collect and densify #6 expanded polystyrene foam. This collection program will be the first of its kind in Vermont, and we are excited to offer this new recycling opportunity to our residents.

Polystyrene foam is typically inefficient to recycle due to its light weight, making it costly to transport to a processing facility. FoamCycle's patented densifier will allow the NEKWMD to collect foam and process it on-site into ingots for more efficient transporting. The ingots will be shipped to processing facilities where it will be made into molding and auto parts.

Please review our acceptable materials list found at www.nekwmd.org before recycling foam with the NEKWMD. This program is available to all district residents and businesses. Not sure if your town is in the waste district? Check out the map on our website's homepage.

Thank you,

Shannon Choquette
Outreach Coordinator
Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District
Physical Address: 224 Church St. Lyndonville, VT 05851
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1075, Lyndonville VT 05851
(802) 626-3532
(802) 626-3519 Fax
www.nekwmd.org

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