If in the past few months, you haven’t snagged a recycling center sticker, you better act quickly.
The Wilton Recycling Center and Transfer Station put into place a “sticker program” several months ago as a way to identify residents and authorized users from the towns the participate in the center. With the return for recyclables dropping, it has become critical for the Recycling Center to crack down on non-residents dropping off their trash, as all non-recyclables have a disposal fee attached which increases the cost of waste disposal.
“Basically, we’re trying to make sure that the people using the facility are the people paying for the facility,” said Wilton Town Administrator Scott Butcher.
The Wilton center is owned and operated by the town, but has four other participating towns that form a co-op – Greenville, Lyndeborough, Mason and Temple. All five towns pay through taxation to operate the center, and thus residents or business owners of all five towns are entitled to its use. The stickers will help to easily identify residents and businesses from the member towns that are authorized to use the facility.
After several months of passing out stickers to those coming into the facility, it’s hard to know whether everyone has gotten one, said Butcher, because prior to the sticker system, there wasn’t a way to track how many people from each town were using the system.
However, since the stickers started appearing on cars, Recycling Center Director Steve Elliott has reported seeing a reduced number of cars using the center – as those who don’t live in one of the participating towns have stopped coming in.
The stickers are good for at least a year, said Butcher. The town will make a determination if the stickers need to be updated yearly.
Stickers are free of charge and may be picked up at the Recycling Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Residents will need your vehicle registration or proof of residency in a member town to receive your sticker. Up to two stickers per household will be permitted. All residents and businesses will be required to have a sticker on your vehicle by Jan. 1.
The Wilton Recycling Center is located on Rt 101, 1 mile west of the railroad tracks at the Irving Station on the right hand side.