Transfer Station

Transfer Station Stickers

Transfer station stickers are available for purchase at the Town Hall during regular business hours. The cost is 20.00 for the first sticker and $10.00 for each additional sticker. Residents must present vehicle registration(s) in order for the Town Clerk to properly assign the sticker(s). 

Make sure you have your new sticker by January 1st!
The transfer station will turn people away if they don’t have a valid sticker.

Where to place the sticker: 
The transfer station sticker should be placed on the bottom left interior corner of the windshield (driver’s side), just above your state inspection sticker.

Thank you for following the rules regarding our transfer station. Trash removal and recycling are large expenses for the town, and it is not uncommon for out-of-town contractors and non-residents to try and pawn their waste off on towns with friendly, open transfer stations like ours. These rules are actually in place to protect all of us!

If you move out of Rollinsford or sell your vehicle, your transfer station sticker should be surrendered to the Town Clerk or destroyed and the Town Clerk notified in order to prevent non-residents from using the transfer station.

Disposal Fees

Certain items (including construction and demolition waste, bulky items, certain household items, and tires) require special fees for disposal. Expand the link below to view the entire list of disposal fees for the Town of Rollinsford.

Recycling at the Transfer Station

Given the market changes in recyclables, it’s no longer cost-effective to group all of our recycling together. Yes, it is disappointing as single-stream was so convenient, but we know that it’s important to the residents to keep costs down. The town will continually reevaluate options and practices to help keep recycling as inexpensive (or profitable!) as possible. Throwing items in the trash is always the most expensive option, so recycling remains mandatory.

REMEMBER: Recycling as a commodity means that we need to make it desirable to the re-user. This means that anything with food particles is trash. Rinse your recycling!

We are now recycling the following items separately in their own bins:

• Tin cans (including ALL pet food cans)
• Aluminum cans (beverage cans only, all else goes with tin)
• All plastics marked with a number 1-7 (NO black colored plastic)
• Glass (bottles and jars only) Lids must be removed and container rinsed out. Metal lids go in tin area.
• Mixed paper (no six pack holders, juice cartons or beverage cases, “rippable” only)

EXCLUSIONS
No containers that have held hazardous products, no flower pots, black plastic, buckets, bags, film, wrapping or foam

WE LIKE CORDS!
All communication and appliance cords now accepted so please bring them in. They are an income generator!

PLASTIC RECYCLING
The Transfer Station accepts plastics #1- 7 for recycling. Please be sure they are clean and the lids are removed!

RECYCLING WASTE MOTOR OIL
Anyone wishing to dispose of waste oil should take it to Roger’s Auto on Foundry Street. 

Household Hazardous Waste

Most household chemicals are hazardous and improper disposal is a growing problem. It’s extremely important that we all know how to identify which products are hazardous and dispose of them properly.

Each year, we participate in a regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day where residents can bring unwanted household chemicals for safe disposal. Find a list of household chemicals that require proper disposal and get details on this year’s Collection on our Household Hazardous Waste page.

Latex Paint

Please do not bring latex paint to hazardous waste collections! Thousands of tax dollars are spent each year disposing of latex paint when, in fact, it is not hazardous! Here are some ways to deal with leftover and unused latex paint:

USE IT UP!
Small amounts of paint can be mixed with other colors or bulked together and used as a primer coat or on jobs where the final finish is not critical.

PASS IT ON! 
Donate unopened cans of paint! Many schools, religious groups, community groups, and theater groups will accept unopened cans of paint, especially white! Even a neighbor may need some extra paint. You can also check your paint store’s policy on returning unopened cans of paint.

DRY IT UP! 
We cannot accept liquid or soft paint at the transfer station, so all residual/leftover paint must be hardened or dried before you throw it away. Once the paint is fully dry, you can throw the lids and cans away in a plastic trash bag along with your regular household trash. (Be sure to throw away the cans with the lids OFF!) Depending on the amount of paint you have left over, there are different ways: to dry out your paint:

Of course, the best thing you can do for the landfill (and your pocketbook) is avoid creating waste at the start! Buy only what you need. One gallon of paint will cover between 250 and 350 square feet, depending on the porosity of the surface to be covered. A gallon of paint will cover closer to 250 square feet of surfaces that are more porous.