Bus leaves from NH Recycles office in Epsom, NH and van leaves from The Rocks in Bethlehem, NH. The bus and van will meet in Lebanon to combine, then the full bus will continue to the MRF.
Recycle Right North Country: Let's take this show on the road to check out some recycling in action at a MRF!
With support from an EPA grant, this tour is FREE for our North Country operators.
All NH Recycles Member Operators are welcome to join this bus tour - the cost is $65 per person.
North Country Towns include: Bath, Berlin, Bethlehem, Carroll, Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, Dalton, Dummer, Easton, Errol, Franconia, Gorham, Jefferson, Lancaster, Landaff, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Milan, Monroe, Northumberland, Pittsburg, Randolph, Shelburne, Stark, Stewartstown, Stratford, Sugar Hill, Whitefield
WHAT: Our super-popular bus tour!
WHERE: Visiting the RCSWD Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Rutland, VT.
WHEN: September 24, 2025
COST: $65 for NH Recycles Member Operators, FREE for North Country Operators
Register for the 2025 Annual Bus Tour
The Details:
The Rutland County Solid Waste District owns a MRF recycling center in Rutland City that is leased to Casella Waste Management for their operations. The MRF accepts Zero Sort and more recycling from transfer stations, commercial haulers and large generators for processing and sale for re-use. The facility currently receives approximately 265 tons of recyclables a year from a large geographical area. Since they began tracking material in 2013 the facility has processed over 260,108 tons of recyclables.
The tour includes a luxury bus that leaves from Epsom, NH. The bus has comfortable seating, wi-fi, and a bathroom (yay!) In addition to the luxury bus, a separate comfortable transport van will start in the North Country, so folks in there can easily attend without having to first drive 2 hours down to the NH Recycles office. The luxury bus and van will meet in Lebanon, NH, where the North Country attendees will join the bus for the duration of the trip and tour.
Staff from Casella Waste Management will host the walking tour of the MRF, which will take about 1.5 hours. Following the tour, attendees will enjoy a catered lunch and will participate in a roundtable discussion to answer any questions related to the MRF, as well as general recycling troubleshooting and a recycling market update. NH Recycles will also be showing three newly created professional recycling videos, created through the Recycle Right North Country campaign.
Attendance counts as 4.5 hours of continuing professional development credit for the NHDES Solid Waste Operator Certification.
Sign up for the 2025 Fall Bus Tour!
Tour Schedule
Van from North Country
7:45am: Arrive and Board Van at Forest Society North at the Rocks at 113 Glessner Rd, Bethlehem
8:00am: Bus Departs from the North Country
Bus from NH Recycles
8:00am: Arrive and Board Bus at NH Recycles at 2101 Dover Road Epsom
8:15am: Bus Departs from the NH Recycles office
Combined Group
9:30am: North Country operators join Bus and combined group drives to Casella's Rutland VT Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
10:50 to 12:20pm: Tour of MRF
12:20 to 1:20pm: Recycling Markets Presentation, Roundtable Discussion, and Lunch provided by NH Recycles
3:45pm: Return to NH Recycles office*
4:00pm: Return to The Rocks*
*Drive back will include a brief stop in Lebanon for North Country operators to return to van for trip back north
A Note On Attendee Limitations:
Every year, our annual bus tour sells out, so we do our best to make room for operators to join us from as many towns as possible. Because space is limited, priority is given to municipal member staff that are certified solid waste facility operators.
So here's the deal: for member towns with multiple certified solid waste facility operators, the first 2 operators from each municipality that sign up will be given a spot on the bus. After that, any additional operators will be added to a waitlist and, if there happens to be space on the bus once registration closes, they will also be given a spot on the bus. Similarly, associate members, Recycling Committee members, and other municipal employees or volunteers will also be waitlisted and may be added to the tour as space allows on the bus.
- Required disclaimer: This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement 4Y-84078701 to NH Recycles. The contents of this project do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the EPA.
