Transfer / Recycling Center

Residents are reminded that the "Blue Light Building" is closed. Please consider finding alternate ways of disposing of unwanted, useable items. Methods such as yard sales, donations to charities and organizations, postings on Freecycle.org.,local bulletin boards or newspapers can be very successful and less effort than bringing items to the transfer station, where a charge for disposal may be incurred.

Transfer Station will be closed in observance of Easter on Sunday, April 8, 2007 and open normal hours on Monday, April 9, 2007 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Hazardous Waste Collection

2007 Household Hazardous Waste collections at the Manchester CREOC facility will be from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m rain or shine on the following dates:

SPRING COLLECTIONS: April 14 & 28, May 12, June 9 & 23
FALL COLLECTIONS: September 8 & 29, October 13 & 27

There will be a collection in Somers on October 20, 2007 at the Somers High School Student Parking Lot from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Get New Permits in August

Transfer Station permits expire every August 31. New permits will be available beginning mid-August. please note that permit fees have increased to $25, from the $10 listed price. Questions regarding the transfer station should be directed to Everett Morrill, Director of Public Works at 763-8234.

Change in Hours of Operation

Beginning July 17, 2005, the Transfer Station will be open:

Sunday 8:30 - 12:30
Monday 7:30 - 3:00
Thursday 7:30 - 3:00
Saturday 8:30 - 4:30

The selectmen have taken this step to help reduce the cost of operating the transfer station. Those costs have continued to increase at a rate higher than any other part of town operations. The selectmen regret having to reduce services in this way but are hopeful that Sunday afternoons represent the fewest people affected combined with the most money saved.

You can help control some of these rising costs, especially the biggest one – the cost of disposing of the general trash. The total tonnage of trash shipped has risen dramatically over the last two years. One way to help control this is for each of us to rigorously separate out all recyclables before dumping our trash. Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, cardboard and other packaging materials, glass, plastic, cans and any metal objects can all be separated out and sent for recycling. This often brings the town some revenue rather than having to pay to dispose of these materials.

The selectmen want to continue to offer the opportunity for people to bring their own trash to the transfer station rather than to have to pay to have it picked up at their homes. They need everyone’s help and cooperation to make that happen.

Please bring any questions or concerns to the Selectmen at the town hall, by telephone at 763-8200 or
by email at selectman@townofsomers.necoxmail.com
 

The Somers Transfer Station is subject to closure during snow & ice events. In case of closure, the Transfer Station will re-open the following day. Residents may call 763-8236 for futher information.

The Transfer and Recycling Center is located on Egypt Road across from Levielle's near the Four-Town Fair Grounds and is open to all Somers residents with a valid sticker. Annual Stickers are available for residents and property owners at a cost of $25 and are valid from Sept through August. Contact Everett Morrill for additional info (860) 763-8238.

The Transfer and Recycling Center is closed on the following holidays:

• New Years Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Presidents Day
• Easter Sunday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Columbus Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

The Transfer and Recycling Center accepts the following for recycling:

• Newspaper (includes "junk" mail and magazines)
• Corrugated cardboard
• Aluminum cans
• Glass bottles
• #1 and #2 plastics.

For your convenience, we also accept:

• "dry cell" batteries
• passenger vehicle tires, truck or tractor tires
• leaves and brush

We also have a Goodwill Bin for donations of used clothing, and a bin for returnable bottles and cans, proceeds which benefit local Cub Scout troops.

Here is a map of the Transfer and Recycling Station. This map was made for Somersville and Kibbe-Fuller students by students from Somers High and Mabel Avery Schools.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

We belong to a seven town group called CREOC. A permanent facility for the collection of Hazardous Waste is located in the town of Manchester. This facility will accept household hazardous waste from Somers residents on weekends from Early April to Late October each year.

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