Updates from the Solid Waste Folks
Chittenden Solid Waste District announces a change in hours, a packaging webinar, and a job opening
CSWD Winter Webinar Series: Who’s Responsible for Waste? Rethinking Products and Packaging
Feb. 18, 6-6:45 p.m.
Who should be responsible for managing waste? The consumer? The government? Or the companies that make the products?
Join us for a free webinar on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to learn how this policy shifts part of the responsibility to producers and why it matters for waste reduction, product design, and sustainability.
Understand how EPR works
Learn why it encourages smarter, more sustainable products
Thursday, Feb.19 – Closed for All-Staff Training from 8-11 a.m.
All facilities closed 8-11 a.m. (Organics Recycling Facility (ORF) remains open for food scraps and yard waste drop-off only; no compost sales).
Now Hiring: Route Driver/Laborer
Looking for hands-on work that makes a real difference? If you like working outdoors, operating equipment, and keeping your community running, this could be the job for you.
CSWD is hiring a route driver/laborer to transport food scraps and special materials and help maintain district facilities across Chittenden County. No two days are the same.
Physical, outdoor work
Equipment and vehicle operation
$23-$25/hour plus full benefits
Year-round, stable employment
Experience is a plus – training provided. Learn more here.
Really appreciate how this frames EPR as fundamentally rethinking who's accountable. The webinar angle is smart because most people conflate packaging waste with consumer laziness when it's actaully a design failure upstream. Seen this firsthand managing a small recycling initiative where half the "recyclable" stuff was just greenwashing. Charging manufacturers per ton of non-recyclable product would shift product development faster than any consumer campaign.