Washington County
Unorganized Territories

Solid Waste Management

The following outlines the 2007 Solid Waste Management Plan for the Unorganized Territories of Washington County.  This plan will be disseminated to the citizens and go into effect on 8 JUN 07.

The 2007 Solid Waste Management Plan:

• No curbside pickup

• Designated transfer stations

• Transportation of waste is responsibility of citizen

• Grace period: June 8 - July 1; ID as UT citizen; no tipping fee paid

• User permits required on July 1; available at UT office in Machias.
  
  Send name and address with request for user permit to PO Box 297, Machias, Maine 04654
   

• Tipping fee paid by UT at designated stations with user permit

• Commercial haulers require a commercial user permit issued by the UT.
  
  Send name and address for request for permit to PO Box 297, Machias, Maine 04654

The 2007 Solid Waste Management Plan only addresses household waste. Any other form of waste (construction, tires, metal, wood, etc) is the responsibility of the citizen, both transport and disposal cost.  

Brookton Twp;  Forest City Twp;  Forest Twp;  Kossuth Twp: 

The Danforth Transfer Station is the designated station for these areas.

 Edmunds Twp;  Trescott Twp;  Marion Twp;  Twp # 14: 

The Marion Transfer Station is the designated station for these areas.

 Lambert Lake Twp:  

The Vanceboro Transfer Station is the designated station for this area.

Twp # 31: 

The Machias Transfer Station is the designated station for this area.  No user permit is necessary but the transfer station requires bags to be purchased at the station.

Twp # 21: 

 The Baileyville Transfer Station is the designated station for this area. 

Twp # 6 & Twp # 27:

  The Grand Lake Stream Transfer Station is the designated station for this area.  The Waste is hauled to Baileyville Transfer Station.