Christmas Is Over In West Hartford. What Do You Do With The Waste?

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Before and during Christmas, the gifts can pile up amid the frantic symphone of wrapping and unwrapping.

But what do you do with all those boxes, cardboard and electronics?

The Town of West Hartford has just the answer on Tuesday, Dec. 27, Wednesday, Dec. 28, and Thursday, Dec. 29.

The West Hartford Department of Public Works encourages residents to drop-off extra holiday cardboard, boxes and electronics to support the town's ongoing effort to reduce waste and promote recycling in our community.

A cardboard and e-waste collection will be held Tuesday, Dec. 27, Wednesday, Dec. 28, and Thursday, Dec. 29, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the West Hartford Yard Waste and Recycling Center, 25 Brixton St.

The town's DPW and Take 2 Inc., a Waterbury-based electronics recycler, will be onsite to collect materials, free of charge.

The recycling event will be canceled if there is inclement weather on the day prior or on the day of the recycling event as DPW crews would be needed to plow and keep roads safe.

This post-holiday cardboard and e-waste recycling event is for West Hartford residents only.
No commercial waste is permitted.

This event is for cardboard and electronics only and all other disposal of recyclable items require an annual permit.

The town unveiled a list of guidelines associated with the event:

• Break down and fold cardboard boxes flat.

• Empty boxes of all Styrofoam, plastic bags and plastic film. Discard at home. Styrofoam is trash. Plastic film can be dropped off and recycled at many locations, click on link.

• Holiday string lights are e-waste and will be collected at this event (They are not allowed in curbside recycling barrel however.)

• E-waste is anything with a plug including phones, cameras, extension cords, TVs, computers, hair dryers, toasters and more.

Unacceptable e-waste includes items with Freon, such as air conditioners, dehumidifiers or mini-refrigerators.

For information on West Hartford Recycles, visit its Facebook page at this link.