Prior to updating the Transfer Station Rules & Regulations to include Single Stream Recycling, I reviewed the original Transfer Station Rules from 1989. With a few exceptions the rules are basically the same as those adopted by the Board of Selectmen in 1989.
Some of the changes from 1989 are operating hours, tires are held in a storage area, no dimensional lumber (even if untreated) can be burned, and single stream recycling has been established.
The Rules for Use of Solid Waste Transfer Station Facility include definitions of Acceptable Waste and Unacceptable Waste. The operator(s) have the authority at the facility to direct use of the facility in accordance with these regulations. Complete copies of the Rules and Regulations are available at the Selectmen’s Office and the Transfer Station.
TOWN OF ANDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
SUMMARY OF RULES FOR SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION
Effective June 5, 1989
Amended August 4, 2014
FACILITY USE: The solid waste transfer station facility is for use by residents, businesses, and institutions located within the Town of Andover, New Hampshire. NO waste from any source outside Andover will be accepted.
LOCATION: North side of Route 11, west of the intersection of Routes 11 and 4, 640 Main Street, Andover, New Hampshire.
HOURS: As may be posted. Wednesday 7 AM to 5 PM; Saturday 7 AM to 5 PM Summer hours: Beginning annually on Memorial Day, Wednesday hours will be 7 AM to 6 PM
STICKER REQUIRED: Each user shall display a sticker available at the Town Clerk’s Office or at the Transfer Station. Vehicle registration is required for issuance of a sticker. Local (Andover resident) commercial haulers whose vehicle weight exceeds 8,500 pounds GVW will apply for a permit at the Selectmen’s Office prior to their use of the facility.
OPERATOR: The facility operators shall have authority to direct deposits and use of the facility, and will set hours and on-site unloading priorities for commercial haulers.
ACCEPTABLE WASTE TO HOPPER/COMPACTOR: Household, commercial and institutional refuse; up to 4’x4’x3’ maximum size or as directed by operator(s). Some material may require size reduction by the generator prior to deposit to the compactor.
OTHER ACCEPTABLE DEPOSITS: Brush and leaves go to burning pit. Maximum 24” cross section, 8 foot length, untreated. Grass and leaves may be directed to a compost pile at the direction of a facility operator. Large metal and white goods to be segregated to the metal bin for recycling.
SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING: Residents using the Transfer Station are strongly encouraged to use the Single Stream Compactor for acceptable recyclables: Cardboard- boxes broken down- cereal, pasta, shoe, and juice boxes, egg cartons; Paper- newspapers, junk mail (no window envelopes), office paper, envelopes, catalogs, paperback books, telephone books, magazines and inserts, folders, brown bags, Plastic-containers #1-7, milk jugs, bleach and detergent jugs, shampoo bottles, laundry baskets, buckets; Metal-foil, aluminum and steel cans including empty aerosol cans, pie plates and trays.
UNACCEPTABLE WASTE NOT RECEIVED AT FACILITY: hazardous waste, waste not generated in Andover, liquids or sludges, stumps, concrete, asphalt, bricks, rubble, soil, dead animals, manure.
VIOLATION OF RULES: May result in fines up to $1,000.
DETAILS OF RULES: Available from Transfer Station attendant and from the Town Office.