• Provide and maintain bins for trash, recycling and food scraps
• Assure arrangements are made for the removal of food scraps​. Here is guidance for landlords on how to manage food scraps.
• Keep common areas clean and free of waste
• Properly manage any additional waste outputs, such as fluorescent bulbs, batteries, paint, and cleaning chemicals

Click the symbols below for more information on how to properly manage each item:

• Arrange for a hauler to pick up trash and recycling weekly. Haulers are required by law to offer recycling. See a full list of trash/recycling haulers.
• Provide a clearly-labeled and easily accessible spot for residents to deposit trash and recycling. Haulers will provide totes or dumpsters. Use our free recycling, compost and trash signs.
• Share resources about how to safely store and dispose of prescription drugs and household waste hazardous waste.
• The food scrap ban went into effect in July 2020 for all Vermont residents. Learn how you can compost on site and off-site.
• Find a food scrap hauler
• Set up a backyard composting system

If you own and manage a multi-unit property, there are a variety of ways you can manage your residents’ waste.

• In addition to hiring a food scrap hauler or using a food scrap drop-off site, you can establish a community composting system with your residents.
• Have trash chutes? Use our signs to clearly label what goes (or doesn’t go) down the chutes.

Recycling & Composting Signs

Are your bins clearly labeled? Let your tenants know what goes where with these downloadable flyers:

• Mixed Recycling, Food scraps, Landfill
• A Vermonter’s Guide​
• Universal Recycling downloads

Add Zero waste to your lease

Include lease language about recycling and composting requirements.

Compost hauler directory

View a full list of food scrap haulers in the area.

Moving creates a lot of waste. Here are some ways to responsibility dispose of items:

• Distribute usable items among friends, family and neighbors via gifting, advertising on Front Porch Forum, or hosting yard sales and free piles.
• Donate usable goods (e.g. furniture, kitchenware, clothing) to local secondhand shops and organizations in need.
• Drop off hard-to-recycle items (e.g. bulbs, electronics, small appliances, tires, paint) at ……..
• Dispose of household hazardous waste at a special collection event. Hazardous waste includes items with “Caution,” “Danger” and “Warning” labels. Dispose of prescription drugs at a local drop-off, special collection, or via mail.