Recycling Center & Transfer Station
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We are a volunteer driven recycling center that provides the community with a place to contribute reusable commodities that benefit the town and provide for a greener planet. . |
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Collection Hours:
Tuesday 8:00AM - 4:00PM Thursday 8:00AM - 4:00PM Saturday 8:00AM - 4:00PM * Closed to the public on holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day Physical Address: 207 Whitcomb Rd Walpole, NH 03608 Contact info: Manager: Benjamin Hoy 603-445-5197 bhoy@walpolenh.us Walpole Recycling Center PO Box 729 Walpole, NH 03608 |
Frequently asked Questions
Recycling - no fee
Recyclables with no fee can go directly to:
Outside bins:
- Aluminum
- Glass (clear, brown, green)
- Plastics (Marked as a 1 or a 2 in triangle on bottom of container)
- Tin cans
- Cardboard
- Corrugated
- Mixed
- Egg cartons
- Electric cords
- Magazines and mixed papers
- Newspapers
- Styrofoam peanuts
Designated areas:
- Brush from a household (behind the Center)
- Compost (behind the Center)
- Pallets or untreated wood (towards the garden and lake)
By way of an attendant:
- Motor oil
- Vegetable oil
For items that don't fit described categories, check with an attendant.
Recycling - Fee Based
Other things (bulky items or construction and demolition debris) need to be checked with an attendant first because they involve a fee. (Fees vary by item. For specifics, see Waste and Recycling Index below or attendant.)
Bulky items include:
Construction and demolition debris include:
Other: Brush from business or commercial enterprises
For items that don't fit described categories, check with an attendant.
Bulky items include:
- Appliances
- Fire extinguishers
- Fluorescent tubes
- Fragile items (autoglass, ceramics, plexiglass, porcelain, pyrex)
- Furniture
- Power tools
- Propane tanks
- Tires
- Treated wood (painted, stained, pressure-treated)
Construction and demolition debris include:
- Asphalt shingles
- Carpeting
- Ceiling tiles
- Ceramics and porcelain
- Clean, painted wood
- Concrete
- Insulation
- Sheetrock
Other: Brush from business or commercial enterprises
For items that don't fit described categories, check with an attendant.
donations/ reuse center
The Reuse Center
Ecosmith Recyclers’ bin for donations takes (in tied off plastic bag):
Fall Mountain Food Shelf’s inside bin takes non-perishable donations.
Books & newer magazines (for donation & swaps)
- The Reuse Center is open part of the year, Saturdays, 8:00-4:00, May through September or October, hinging on weather and availability of volunteer staff.
- Most items there are available for donation. (Some items do have a price tag which is calculated at one-fourth its value.) All money made at the Reuse Center then goes to the Fall Mountain Food Shelf.
- There are things they do not take: ceramics, electronics, mattresses, car seats, cribs, and large outdoor furniture.
- Things may not be dropped off there unless staff is there and approves.
Ecosmith Recyclers’ bin for donations takes (in tied off plastic bag):
- Clothes
- Shoes
- Blankets
- Sheets
- Towels
- Stuffed animals
Fall Mountain Food Shelf’s inside bin takes non-perishable donations.
Books & newer magazines (for donation & swaps)
- Inside the Recycling Center
- No limit on how many can be dropped off
- No limit on how many can be taken
- No limit on how many can be dropped off
- At the Reuse Center (when open)
- When open, there is a three-book limit on what can be taken.
- Check with staff on what can be donated.
- When open, there is a three-book limit on what can be taken.
Trash
Trash can be brought in two ways:
In a Walpole bag
It can be tossed without cost into the trash compactor. (Walpole bags -- 10 bags for $20 -- are available at the following stores: Aubuchon Hardware, Drewsville General Store, Fall Mountain Building Supply, 5 Star Beverage, Jake’s Market, Jiffy Mart, LaValley Building Supply, Discount Food Warehouse, Shaw’s, and the Walpole Village Store.)
In a non-Walpole bag
It goes to the weigh-and-pay section, where the fee is $0.30/lb.
In a Walpole bag
It can be tossed without cost into the trash compactor. (Walpole bags -- 10 bags for $20 -- are available at the following stores: Aubuchon Hardware, Drewsville General Store, Fall Mountain Building Supply, 5 Star Beverage, Jake’s Market, Jiffy Mart, LaValley Building Supply, Discount Food Warehouse, Shaw’s, and the Walpole Village Store.)
In a non-Walpole bag
It goes to the weigh-and-pay section, where the fee is $0.30/lb.
Hazardous waste
The Recycling Center does not take hazardous waste (such as asbestos or anything marked flammable, poisonous, toxic, combustible, corrosive, caustic, reactive, irritant, oxidizer, or hazardous).
- The Keene Recycling Center takes most of these. Their website describes what they do and don’t take and gives their yearly summer-fall schedule. (If amounts exceed free limits, payment is by check only.) (Phone: 352-5739.)
- There are things Keene Recycling won’t take that either local police departments or fire departments will.
- Consult local police (445-2058) for disposal of ammunition, gun powder, or medication. (Twice a year -- spring and fall -- the Walpole Police Department coordinates with the Recycling Center for public medication disposal at the Center.)
- Consult local fire department (756-3621) for disposal of fireworks.
Volunteering
We’re part of the community and want the community to be part of us. To volunteer, contact Recycling Center Manager Benjamin Hoy for information. (Phone: (603)445-5197 or email at transfer@myfairpoint.net.)
Waste & Recycling Index
Staff
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Attendant
Patty Whitcomb Attendant Tom Donovan |