Waste Management Committee

The purpose of the Waste Management Committee is to advise the Selectmen regarding ways to help the Town save money while preserving and protecting our natural resources and environment through reusing and recycling our waste materials.

Steve Whitman, Chair
Mike Provost
Ken Hall
George Whittaker
Contact Information
Mail: 47 Washburn Rd., Alexandria, NH 03222
Phone: (603) 744-3220
Fax: (603) 744-9461
Email: alexandrianh@metrocast.net

Helpful websites for Recycling Information

The following websites provide useful and important information about recycling and will answer many of the questions you may have. Please visit these sites to help you better understand recycling and its importance to our environment.

What’s Recycling All About

 The Plastics Recycling Challenge

 Household Hazardous Waste | NH Department of Environmental Services

Northeast Resource Recovery Association

Local Recycling Locations

 Guidelines for Recycling Used Batteries

 What Happens to Your Recyclables?

 Link to Recycling Today Magazine

How to Clean Up Your Act with Recycling 

 

meeting minutes

WMC Minutes July 23, 2018

NEWS UPDATES

  • HB617 Recycling & Solid Waste Study Committee Report
    Last August Governor Sununu created a special committee to investigate the handling of waste materials in the state of New Hampshire. The committee was tasked with, among other things, providing towns with some guidelines to help them deal with the shrinking recyclables markets. For those of you who are interested, a copy of the final report issued by the committee on November 1st can be accessed by clicking on the following hyperlink. www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/committees/1476/reports/2019%20Final%20Report.pdf
  • Recycling Changes Make Good “Cents” – Update on recent recycling changes effective October 1, 2018