Recycling Center & Transfer Station
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Please bring your hazardous waste (including anitfreeze) to household hazardous waste days at Keene recycling center. 10 gallons maximum. Free for Walpole residents. Hazardous Waste collection is at the top of the hill at Keene recycling center. 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 presorted (Marked as a 1,2, or 5 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 (next to firepit)
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 (.25 cents per pound weighed via cart on scale/debris include:
Other: Brush and compost are free to drop off passed recycling center down hill on right
For items that don't fit described categories, check with an attendant.
Bulky items include:
- Freon units: Refridgerator/ AC/ Dehumidifier: $15 per unit
- Bulky metal appliances: dishwashers, dryers, etc.: $5 per unit
- Fire extinguishers ($7) find attendant
- Fluorescent tubes (.25 cents per foot) bring to register
- Fragile items (autoglass, ceramics, plexiglass, porcelain, pyrex) (.15 cents per pound)
- Furniture (.25 cents per pound)-bulky items [couches] have $12.50 surcharge
- Power tools-reuse center if they work, (.25 per pound if not working)
- Propane tanks-leave outside building-find attendant($4-20lb/ $1.50 small bottles
- Tires ($5 with rim) ($3 without rim)
- Paint: only accepting latex paint for a $5 per can; Oil base paint/stain goes to Keene HHW days
- Treated wood (painted, stained, pressure-treated) (.25 cents per pound weighed on scale inside)
Construction and demolition (.25 cents per pound weighed via cart on scale/debris include:
- Asphalt shingles
- Carpeting
- Ceiling tiles
- Ceramics and porcelain
- Clean, painted wood
- Concrete
- Insulation
- Sheetrock
Other: Brush and compost are free to drop off passed recycling center down hill on right
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 now open all year!!, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 8:00-4:00, New heater makes shopping at reuse center possible throughout the winter. Donations of cash or check made payable to town of Walpole. Donations benefit friends of the Walpole library and Fall Mountain food shelf.
- Items not marked Walpole reuse center are available for donation. (Some items do have a price tag which is calculated at one-fourth its value.)
- There are things they do not take: ceramics, electronics, VHS tapes, mattresses, car seats, cribs, broken/dirty/cracked/ chipped items. Items coming in should be in very good and clean (not broken) condition.
- All items donated to reuse center are to be weighed on scale in recycling center by an attendant through the main entrance. Donations are free, but if the item(s) is/are not accepted we may charge for the weight of the items that were rejected by a staff member.
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)
- On scale inside the Recycling Center
- No limit on how many can be dropped off
- No limit on how many can be taken
- At the Reuse Center (when open)
- Books are for sale at reuse center. $2 hardcover/ $1 softcover-donations to friends of the Walpole library blue donation box on the table.
- Check with staff on what can be donated.
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 our operation at Walpole recycling. To volunteer, contact Recycling Center manager Benjamin Hoy for information. (Phone: (603)445-5197 or email at bhoy@walpolenh.us.
Waste & Recycling Index
Staff
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Recycling Center Manager
Benjamin Hoy 603-445-5197 Office Assistant Shaena Hakey 603-445-5197 Crushah Tom Donovan |
Attendant
Patty Whitcomb Attendant Tom Donovan |