Recycling in Burlington

BTV Recycling Program

To learn more about the state's mandatory food scraps law, how to find a hauler for your food scraps and what it means for you as a resident, landlord or business, please visit https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/dpw/Maintenance/FoodScraps

Since 1992, recycling for residences and businesses in Burlington has been mandatory. The Department of Public Works provides curbside recycling collection for all residential properties, while private haulers provide recycling service for commercial properties and businesses. Our recycling crew makes between 1,000 and 1,500 stops per day with a fleet of 3 trucks operating five days a week. The recycling program enables the diversion of approximately 5,940,000 pounds, or 440 pounds per household, of recycling per year. 

Recycling will not be picked up on the following 5 holidays - Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas (if one of these holidays falls on a weekend, please visit https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/HR/Forms  and view the Holiday List to see which weekday the City observes). Sign up for recycling news, including schedule changes here.

Toters (fill out an application below) and bins must be curbside by 7:00am on your recycling day. 

We currently have

• 35 g - in stock
• 65 g - out of stock (estimated to arrive mid to late April)
• 95 g - out of stock (estimated to arrive in mid to late April)

Small, uncovered blue bins are no longer offered at 645 Pine Street, but can be picked up at select CSWD Drop-Off locations. Please visit www.cswd.net. Please note that they are not offered at the CSWD Pine St location.

Burlington is currently underway with a Consolidated Curbside Collection Study. To read the study, see background material or view videos of the prior public meetings, please visit https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/dpw/Maintenance/Consolidated.