Harrisville Recycling Center & Transfer Station

Hours of Operation:  Fridays 10 am – 5 pm  &  Saturdays 8 am – 5 pm (gates close 10 minutes before closing time to wrap up)

• Harrisville supports trash collection and recycling services for residents and their guests
• Stickers to access this facility are on sale at Town Hall during Town Clerk and Select Board office hours, or can be ordered onsite at the Recycle Center
• Residents may also dispose of Household Hazardous Waste materials at the Keene facility at no charge, click here for more information and schedule

Cans & Plastics (one bin)

• Steel & aluminum cans only
• #1 and #2 plastics
• Remove tops and rinse cans and plastics, and crush them as possible
• Other plastics, plastic bags, wraps, etc. go to the trash chute

Mixed Paper (one bin)

• Cardboard (corrugated, paperboard, paper grocery bags, etc.)
• To optimize space in the collection bin, please flatten cardboard, ideally before arriving in line in order to keep the line moving efficiently
• Office and computer paper, envelopes, file folders
• Books, notebooks, phonebooks
• Magazines, newspapers
• Waxed cardboard, tissue paper, soiled paper goods, wallpaper, carbon paper — all to the trash chute
  

Glass jars and bottles (one chute)

• Remove topis and rinse jars and bottles
• Recycled glass is used by the Highway Department
• See attendant to dispose of all other glass debris — ceramics, light bulbs, Pyrex, window glass, etc.
• See attendant to dispose of brush, demo materials, metals, appliances, and other household waste
  

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Look for NexTrex collection bins — Community volunteers and the Recycle Center Committee have teamed up with an organization called NexTrex to collect certain types of commonly used plastics for re-use.  Learn about the initiative and what is and is not acceptable: NexTrex Recycling Info Handout 9-17-22 NexTrex acceptables items poster NexTrex Not Accepted Poster part 1 NexTrex Not Accepted Poster part 2  NexTrex FAQ 

Click here for more information from NPR on plastics and recycling