Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District
Fairfax, VT
Facility details
- Address
- 158 Morse Dr
Fairfax, VT 05454 - Phone
- (802) 524-5986
- Website
- nwswd.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Franklin County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Georgia Recycling Center
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110037447545
Programs on file: RCRA hazardous-waste handler VTR000517946
Interest types: VSQG
EPA record updated 2012-01-27
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Milton Drop Off - CSWD Transfer Station 5.2 mi · Milton, VT
- Casella Rutland County Solid Waste Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.3 mi · Saint Albans City, VT
- St. Albans City Drop Off Transfer Station 8.9 mi · St. Albans, VT
- Recycle 1 - Vermont Recycling 8.9 mi · Saint Albans, VT
- Cambridge Transfer Station Transfer Station 9.6 mi · Cambridge, VT
- Grand Isle Transfer Station Transfer Station 11.0 mi · Grand Isle, VT
- North Hero Drop Off Transfer Station 12.0 mi · North Hero, VT
- Essex Drop Off - CSWD Transfer Station 12.4 mi · Essex, VT
- Rathe Brother's Landfill Landfill 13.1 mi · Colchester, VT
- Myers C&D Recycling Facility Recycling 13.3 mi · Colchester, VT
Nearest landfill: Rathe Brother's Landfill, Colchester — 13.1 mi
Area served
Serves Milton, Fairfax, Saint Albans, Westford, Saint Albans Bay, Grand Isle, Fairfield, East Fairfield, Colchester, South Hero, Cambridge, Essex Junction.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Franklin County, VT.
ZIP 05454 population 5,195.
Vermont solid-waste agency: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)