As a reminder, Lyme residents can now recycle even more of their textiles at the Hamburg Recycling Center in a new white bin marked “Clothing Shoes & Linens.”
Starting Thursday, Aug. 17, Lyme residents will be able to recycle even more of their textiles at the Hamburg Recycling Center in a new white bin marked “Clothing Shoes & Linens.”
Textiles that residents can recycle in this bin – as long as the items are clean and dry, and placed in a bag – include:
Please note that residents can continue to recycle their clothing and shoes in the blue MADD bin.
According to Bay State Textiles, the vendor handling Lyme’s expanded textile recycling, 95% of unwanted textiles can be recycled, even if the item has been worn, torn or stained.
The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) will be holding a series of paper-shredding events in our area on select Saturdays from May through October. To see or download the RiverCOG brochure that lists the dates and locations of these events, click here.
The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) will be holding a series of household hazardous waste (HHW) collection events in our area on select Saturdays from April through October. Lyme residents are encouraged to use any or all of these events to dispose of their HHW materials. To see or download the RiverCOG brochure that lists the dates and locations of the 2023 HHW collection events, as well as a list of HHW items that can be disposed of at these events, click here.
First Selectman David Lahm and Selectwoman Kristina White recently visited the Town’s recycling provider, Willimantic Waste, and came away with clear assurance that the Town’s efforts to recycle are in excellent hands. (Willimantic Waste had been recently purchased by Casella Waste Systems in Massachusetts.)
To see a video on what Willimantic does with the Town’s recycling, watch this video.
Casella Waste Systems’ commitment to recycling is stated on its website as follows: “Casella commits that 100 percent of non-contaminated recyclables that it receives and processes are sold to end markets to be made into new products or put to beneficial use. Casella is doing its part by investing in processing and finding new markets.”
Region 18 Schools are competing in the Trex Recycling Challenge and the Town of Lyme is helping. Residents can take their clean, empty and dry plastic film to Town Hall and place it in the Trex recycling bin located near the entrance. The recycling challenge pits schools against one another in a friendly, environmental-stewardship competition to collect the most plastic film for a chance to win benches or other products for schools. For more information on the recycling program, go here.
To be recycled, plastic film must be clean, dry, empty and free of food residue.
The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) will be holding a series of paper-shredding events in our area on select Saturdays from June through October. To see the flyer that lists the dates and locations of these events, click here.
To see the COVID-related public safety rules that in effect at collection events during the pandemic, click here.
The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) has permanently closed its household hazardous waste (HHW) facility in Essex. In place of that facility, RiverCOG will be holding a series of HHW collection events in our area on select Saturdays from April through October. Lyme residents are encouraged to use any or all of these events to dispose of their HHW materials.
To see the brochure that lists the dates and locations of the 2022 HHW collection events, as well as a list of HHW items that can be disposed of at these events, click here.
To see the COVID-related public safety rules that in effect at collection events during the pandemic, click here.
Students at Lyme-Old Lyme Schools are participating in the Trex Recycling Challenge, a national competition that challenges students in grades K-12 to collect and recycle the most polyethylene plastic film for a chance to win a Trex bench for their school.
Most polyethylene products – labeled with the #2 or #4 recycling symbol – are not accepted at recycling facilities either because they can get caught in the machines that sort recyclables; or because get too dirty after their trip in the back of the recycling truck to be recycled.
The Lyme-Old Lyme Schools’ goal is to collect 5,000 pounds of plastic film and win a Trex bench for each school building. Trex benches are made in part from recycled plastic film.
All film that is collected must be clean, dry, empty and free of food residue.
Trex recycling bins are located inside all school buildings in Lyme and Old Lyme, as well as inside both Town Halls and the Lymes’ Youth Services Bureau.
The following materials CAN BE RECYCLED via a Trex recycling bin:
The following materials CANNOT BE RECYCLED:
For complete details, see this flyer or go here.
The Hamburg Recycling Center is now open Mondays through Thursdays, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; and Fridays through Sundays, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The recycling center is located at 213 Hamburg Road, behind the Lyme Firehouse.