Recycling Center
25 Brixton Street, West Hartford, CT 06110
(860) 231-8100

The Recycling Center, located at 25 Brixton Street, is operated by EnviroCycle LLC, a Bloomfield based, yard-waste management company. Residents may bring acceptable items (see list below) to the Recycling Center free of charge. You must drive your own vehicle and show ID upon request, license and vehicle registration, confirming that you are a West Hartford resident. Commercial plated and signed vehicles will be turned away from the free residential drop area even if the resident is driving the vehicle, however they will have the option dispose at the commercial fee. West Hartford property owners not living in West Hartford may not deliver material to the recycling center using a license and or a registration addresses out of town. Property owner will have the option to dispose material at the commercial fee.

Staff frequently makes spot checks at properties from which yard waste is declared. These spot checks are done in an effort to confirm non commercial use of the facility.

Residential Day Pass
Residents borrowing or renting a non- commercial vehicle to transport acceptable yard waste from their property to the recycling center must attain a Residential Day Pass from the Department of Public Works. Passes allow a resident using a borrowed vehicle access to the facility. Passes are available Monday – Friday 8 am – 4 pm excluding holidays at the Public Works office located at 17 Brixton Street next to the recycling center.

Weekday Hours of Operation:

• Year round: Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Saturday Hours of Operation:

• First week of April through the end of May: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
• First Saturday in June through mid-October: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
• Mid-October until mid-December (date varies annually with bagged leaf collection season):
  8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Closed on Saturdays from the end of December until the first week of April

Schedule of 2010 holiday and long weekend closings

Directions:

Go south on New Park Avenue from Flatbush Avenue (or north on New Park Avenue from New Britain Avenue) and turn onto Oakwood Avenue Extension. After the railroad tracks, take the first right onto Brixton Street. The Recycling Center is on the left in an area enclosed by a chain link fence. ALL trucks must be driven up top to the scale.

Acceptable Items for the Recycling Center

Motor Oil and Antifreeze: State law prohibits disposal on land, into sanitary or storm sewers or into waterways. These items must be brought to the Recycling Center in separate containers that can be left with Recycling Center operators.

Auto Batteries: Leave with attendant at office.

Grass Clippings: State law mandates that grass clippings cannot be placed in the waste stream. Residents are encouraged to home compost or leave clippings on their lawns to decompose. Mulching mowers (or mulching kits for older mowers) speed up the decomposition of clippings. Thatch and weeds are considered grass.

Residents can dispose of grass clippings at the EnviroCycle Recycling Center for a $7 minimum charge (subject to change).

Brush, Branches and Trees: There is a free residential drop off area for trees that are 4 inches or less in diameter, shrubs, brush and branches. If your tree is larger than 4 inches in diameter, you will be directed to bring the tree to the scale. Dumping larger trees is still free to West Hartford residents. If you can get it here, the Recycling Center will take it. If the resident hires a non-resident or a commercial service or commercial vehicle, he or she will be turned away.

Residents are encouraged to dispose of these materials at the Recycling Center because disposal costs to the Town of West Hartford are half the cost when compared to the fees paid to CRRA if these items are placed in your automated trash barrel. Please utilize this service and save our tax dollars.

Clean Fill: Dirt , sand , concrete , bricks , rocks , stones & ceramic tile or fixtures. All material must be free of contaminates and metal.

Leaves: Bring leaves to the Recycling Center. If brought in plastic bags, resident must empty leaves from bag.

Leaf Compost: A limited quantity of leaf compost is free to town residents and is available at the Recycling Center. Compost is also delivered in quantities from 1 to 6 cubic yards for a delivery fee.

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