Trash & Recycling

Trash & Single Stream Recycling Pickup 

CWPM: (860) 447-1473 

Street Pickup Schedule (PDF): Some streets have trash and recycling on the same day of the week, while others have two different days. Find your street name listed alphabetically by each day of the week.


If your trash or recycling has not been picked up as scheduled, please contact our trash hauler, CWPM, at (860) 447-1473. 

 

Holidays: “When in doubt, put it out.” Although CWPM recognizes the following holidays, residents are encouraged to put their trash and recycling out as scheduled, in the event that it is  picked up that day. Otherwise, pickup will likely be the next day. 

New Year’s Day • Memorial Day • July 4th • Labor Day • Thanksgiving Day • Christmas Day 

 

Order a New/Additional Trash or Recycle Bin. Both containers are the property of the Town of Old Lyme and are assigned to a specific address. Do not take bins with you when you move. 

 

In Old Lyme, Blue Bins are Trash and Green (think ecology!) bins are for Single Stream Recycling.  

Blue Trash Bins: No yard waste, recycling, or hazardous waste of any kind.  

CWPM hauls Old Lyme’s trash to a Covanta waste-to-energy facility in Preston. This is an alternative to municipal trash being transported to a landfill out of state. How much trash do Old Lyme residents generate? (PDF) 

 

Green Recycling Bins: Do not separate recyclable plastic, glass, metal, and paper. All recyclable materials must be clean. Find out what can or cannot be recycled in Old Lyme. When in doubt, throw it out (in your blue bin.) 

 

CWPM transports Old Lyme’s green bin recyclables to Casella Waste (Willimantic Waste). Casella commits that 100 percent of the non-contaminated recyclables that it receives and processes is sold to end markets to be made into new products or put to beneficial. Interested in where your recyclables go? Watch this video.


Recycling Outside The Green Bin

Not all recyclable materials are collected in the green bins. Other opportunities to help reduce waste include: 

Composting Ideas

Reducing food waste in your trash bin, the volume of garbage you generate can lighten by up to 25% (source: CT DEEP)  

Learn more about composting at home . The Town of Old Lyme encourages residents to also compost their leaves and grass.