How do I dispose of my everyday trash?
- The choice is yours, either hire a private hauler to pick up your household trash curbside or purchase a sticker from the gatehouse at RRDD1 and deliver your trash to the facility during open hours.
Who can use our facility?
- Residents MUST live in Barkhamsted, New Hartford or Winsted/ Winchester. All incoming debris and recycling MUST be generated from our member towns.
I have curbside pick-up but I have items they won’t take?
- If it is a item that we recycle such as Paint, 1-pound or 20-pound Propane tanks, Lightbulbs, Batteries, Food waste, E-Waste, Single Stream Recycling, Styrofoam, residents may bring that material in on Wednesday nights from 4 pm to 7 pm without a sticker for Free. If you intend to throw out trash you MUST have a permit. If it is furniture or items from a clean out you may purchase a day pass for $30 and dispose of it at our scale. The material will be disposed of at $150 per ton (2,000 pounds), this is in addition of the $30 day pass.
Where are you located?
- The transfer station is located at 31 New Hartford Road in Barkhamsted, off Route 44, behind the Barkhamsted Public Works Garage.
What are your hours?
- Regular Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 7:00 AM -3:00 PM
- Special Hours: Wednesday 4:00 PM -7:00 PM with limited access. Upper lot is closed. Residents MUST have a sticker to dispose of household kitchen trash. No sticker required for residents to dispose of single stream recycling or electronics.
- Special note: RRDD1 reserves the right to close at anytime due to the safety of the employees and residents.
- We are closed the following Holidays if they fall on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday.
- Closed Holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, and Christmas.
- WE close at noon on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve if it falls on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday.
What do I do with……
Christmas items?
- Wrapping paper goes in regular trash as it is coated making it not recyclable.
- Christmas lights go in with electrical wire.
Styrofoam?
- All #6 EPS Styrofoam goes in the Styrofoam collection bin and is processed onsite.
- #4 Flex-foam, pool noodles and packing peanuts go in the trash and construction Styrofoam go in the Trash. There is no charge.
Kitchen/Bathroom Trash?
- Kitchen and Bathroom trash can be disposed of in the trash compactors on the lower level, next to the Tag Sale building.
Cardboard?
- Corrugated Cardboard boxes go in the cardboard compactor while small boxboard should be broken down and should go in with your recycling. Please remove all Styrofoam and plastic prior to disposal. Cardboard is deposited as you enter the facility, on the right side of the red “tag sale’ building. Boxboard goes in with single stream recycling. No recyclables in household trash. There is no charge.
Single Stream Recycling?
- Glass, Metal Cans, Plastics #1-7, Food/Beverage Containers, Boxboard: Please RINSE these containers and remove the lids/covers. (No food remnants!) These are deposited on site, straight ahead upon entrance. No black plastic, no plastic bags, or wrapping paper. Newspaper, Office Paper, Junk Mail, Magazines, Catalogs: These are deposited in the containers straight ahead upon entrance to the facility, single stream, along with washed glass, can, and plastic food containers. Bring Books into the Tag Sale building or dispose in with trash. Single Stream Recycling bins are the 4 containers at the end of the parking lot. No Plastic Bags. There is no charge.
Food Scraps?
- In the blue barrels next to the Red cages. There is no charge.
Batteries (Automotive and Dry cell)?
- Please place in the battery section, lower level, opposite the household trash compactor, labeled “Batteries”. Please separate the rechargeable batteries, including vape batteries. There is no charge.
Books (Hard and soft cover)?
- Unfortunately the book collection agency has closed. RRDD1 is looking for a new vendor. In the meantime, see the tag sale attendant. She may accept your books in the tag sale building, if not, they need to go up on the hill in MSW, there is a fee for disposal.
Electronics?
- Please cut the cords and place the cords in the wire box left of the red “tag sale” building. Place electronics in the lean-to across from the household trash compactor in the lower level. Small televisions (under 15″) are included in this. Larger televisions MUST be delivered to the upper level for proper disposal. There is no charge.
Fluorescent Tubes?
- Broken items are NOT accepted! Please see the “tag sale” or “yard” attendant for proper placement. There is no charge.
Paint?
- Please see the attendant in the lower level for proper placement. We can not accept Marine or Automotive paint. We can not accept Spray cans containing paint MUST be held until Household Hazardous Waste Collection day. Empty spray cans can go in small metal. There is no charge.
Propane Tanks?
- 1-pound (camp stove) & 20-pound (BBQ Grill) tanks may be deposited in the lower level, ask the yard attendant for location. There is no charge. Larger tanks must be taken to the upper lot during regular daytime hours, there will be a charge. Beginning October 1, 2025 RRDD1 is part of the Cylinder Collective allowing us to begin collecting the small camp stove/lantern tanks.
NO PROPANE TANK is to go in any dumpster, regardless of size or content! This is a FIRE HAZARD! PLEASE SEE YARD INSPECTOR!
Shredded Paper and gift wrap?
- Goes into household trash! Please DO NOT place bags of shredded paper in single stream. Yes, it is paper, however, in the recycling process the bags open and the air is full of a “snow storm” like moment, plus the shredded paper sticks to other products, contaminating them. Another idea is to save it for shipping items or to put under items in a gift basket. You need a sticker to dispose of trash.
Tire tubes?
Place these items in the hopper across from the household trash compactor in the lower lot. There is no charge.
Used Motor Oil?
- New very strict policy and procedures are in place in an effort to ensure that contamination never happens again! See the yard inspector or tag sale attendant who will escort you to the oil room for proper disposal. The oil must be free of water and can not be mixed with ANYTHING. We will not accept anything but used motor oil! No transmission oil, gear oil, no oil mixed with gas, no hydraulic oil, no diesel, no industrial or commercial liquids of any nature. There is no charge.
Used Antifreeze?
- New very strict policy and procedures are in place in an effort to ensure that contamination never happens again! See the yard inspector or tag sale attendant who will escort you to the oil room for proper disposal. The anti-freeze must be free of water and can not be mixed with ANYTHING. There is no charge.
Construction, Demolition & Oversized MSW?
- Construction and Demolition / Oversized Municipal Solid Waste (carpets, furniture, tarps, large plastic bags): Accepted in the upper lot, during regular hours of operation, for an additional fee. Debris MUST be separated! Scale closes promptly at 3:00. All debris MUST be from the District.
Wood?
- Accepted during regular hours only in the upper level, There is a fee.
Brush?
- Accepted during regular hours (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, upper level. There is a fee.
Clean fill?
- RRDD1 Policy: Clean fill is brick, concrete, dirt, broken stone and cement. It is not asphalt. RRDD1 accepts small amounts of clean fill as a courtesy to our residents, like broken clay planter pots, small bricks, old bags of cement, etc. NO asphalt! Limit: One ton per resident sticker per month. There is a fee.
Leaves?
- Accepted ONLY during regular business hours! Leaves MUST be loose or in PAPER bags- NO plastic bags. please! These are to be deposited in the upper level, to the right going up the hill. See the inspector for details. There is no charge.
Mattress & Box Spring?
- Must be loose, not covered in plastic or in a box. Due to the recently passed stewardship program, RRDD1 accepts these items, in the upper level, during regular daytime hours, at “no charge*” to the resident. *If the item is heavily soiled (above normal), wet, moldy, broken, cut or torn , animal smell / infested, etc. RRDD1 is forced to charge a $30 disposal fee. (Recycling center will reject these and RRDD1 is charged the $30 fee on the tipping floor.)
Metal?
- Metal is free unless it is an item containing Freon (refrigerators, air conditioners, humidifiers, etc.), There is a charge for the freon removal. Smaller metal items may be deposited in the lower level, larger items must be delivered to the upper lot. See the inspector on site for items containing freon. Please note that if the Freon is removed prior, the resident MUST show proof that it was extracted by a certified Freon extractor, otherwise RRDD1 cannot accept the item without the charge.
Pallets?
- Accepted during regular operating hours, not Wed nights, in the upper level. There is a fee.
Tires?
- On or off the rim, there is a fee to dispose of these items, please see the inspector in the upper lot during regular daytime work hours. Beginning in May or 2026 Connecticut will be beginning a tire stewardship program, meaning it will be free to dispose of tires, until that time, RRDD1 must charge to dispose of your tires.