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Solid waste district will offer backyard composting workshops

WINDSOR, Vt. — The Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste District will offer backyard composting workshops again this year, at four locations in the region. 

 

The workshops will take place at 6 p.m. on the following Thursdays: May 3 at the Whiting Library in Chester; May 31 at the First Congregational Church in Springfield; June 14 at the Reading Town Hall; and June 21 at the Rockingham Free Public Library.

 

Anyone who attends can purchase one “Soil Saver” backyard composter at the greatly discounted price of $35, with additional composters priced at $50.

 

The workshop presentation will be about 45 minutes long, with time afterwards for questions. To sign up, call (802) 674-9235 or email [email protected].

 

The district, which includes Windsor, will also hold household hazardous waste collections on the following Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: May 12 at the Springfield Transfer Station; May 19 at the Weathersfield Transfer Station; Sept. 8 at the Springfield Transfer Station; and Sept. 15 at the Goodyear Building in Windsor.

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