NH Pay As You Throw Towns

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City/Town	Population	Start Date	Program Management	Waste Collection	Program Type	Bag Size and Cost each for MSW	Distribution
Barrington	8,843	1993	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	33 Gallon $13.00/roll 15 Gallon $9.00/roll	Transfer Station
Bethlehem	2,600	2000	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside & Drop Off		Program on hold as of August 2020
Canterbury	2,366	2006	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	30 gallon (roll of 10 bags) $20.00 15 gallon (roll of 10 bags) $10.00	Transfer Station Town Office Shaw's- Ft. Eddy Rd./Concord
Claremont	13,233	1987	Municipality	Drop Off	Punch Card	Up to 30 gallon bag $3.00 Up to 13 gallon bag $2.00	City Hall Dept. of Central Collections Golden Cross Ambulance
Concord	42,501	2009	Private Hauler	Curbside	Bags	30 Gallon - $2.50 15 Gallon - $1.25 (Sold in bundles of 5 bags)	Retail Stores
Dalton	981	2000	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	Large roll $17.00 Small roll $11.00	Transfer Station
Dover	30,683	1991	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside	Bags & Tags	30 Gallon- $3.91 15 Gallon- $2.34 Bulky Item Tags - $10/each	Retail Stores
Exeter	14,845	1993	Municipality	Curbside & Drop Off	Bags	33 gallon bag- $2.50 15 gallon bag - $1.25	Retail Stores
Farmington	6,794	1993	Municipality	Drop Off	Stickers/ Clear Bags	Clear Bags: Stickers $1.50 each 33 gallon bag or less = 1 sticker; Larger than 33-gallon 2 stickers	Transfer Station Town Office Retail Stores
Franconia/Easton/Sugar Hill	1,104/254/563 (1,921)	2000	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	Large $2.50 ea./$25.00 (roll of 10 bags) $500 per case - 20 rolls per case Small $1.75 ea./$17.50 (roll of 10 bags) $350 per case (20 rolls per case)	Town Office Hardware store Village Store Harmon's Cheese Franconia Market
Gilsum	816	1989	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	33 Gallon bag- $2.00 Roll of 10 bags- $20.00	Transfer Station
Goshen	802	2018	Municipality	Drop Off	Punch Cards	Prepaid transfer station punch cards	Transfer Station Town Clerk's Office
Hinsdale	4,029	1996	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside & Drop Off	Bags	33 Gallon - $2.00 15 Gallon - $1.00	Transfer Station Town Office Retail Stores (T-Bird, Minute Mart, Walmart)
Hopkinton	5,712	2010	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	33 gallon bag - $1.25 13 gallon bag - $0.75	Town Office Retail Stores
Keene	23,145	2005	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside & Drop Off	Bags & Punch Cards	33 gallon or smaller -$2.00 Larger than 33 gallons- $4.00 $.10/lb. for loose refuse	Retail Stores
Kensington	2,114	1992	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside	Stickers	52 free stickers per year per resident $2.00 per sticker thereafter	Town Office
Lancaster	3,515	1999	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside & Drop Off	Bags	33 Gallon - $15 for 10 bags 20 Gallon - $12.50 for 10 bags 13 Gallon - $10 for 10 bags	Transfer Station Retail Stores (Shaw's, North End, Jiffy Mart)
Lebanon	13,599	1984	Solid Waste Division DPW	Private Haulers	Punch Card	$1.50/ household bag 3.00/contractor bag $15.00 Per Punch Card	Retail Stores
Lisbon/Landaff/Lyman	1,595/415/533 (2,543)	1996	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside & Drop Off	Bags	33 Gallon - $3.50 15 Gallon - $2.50	Transfer Station (Large & Small Bags by the roll or individually) 2 Gas Stations (Large only) selling individual bags not recommended by TS Manager as is very time consuming
Littleton	5,928	1993	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	30 Gallon - $3.00 20 Gallon - $2.00 (sold in rolls of 10 bags)	Transfer Station Retail Stores
Lyme	1,710	2005	Municipality	Drop Off	Stickers	5 stickers - $15.00	Town Office Retail Stores
Newmarket	9,172	1995	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside	Bags	Large $2.25 ea. Large (5 pack) $11.25 Small $1.15 ea. Small (5 pack) $5.75	Town Office
Orford	1,235	1993	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	Kitchen Bags $2.00 30/33 gallon bags $3.00 Contractor bags $4.00	Residents purchase regular trash bags
Peterborough/Sharon	6,526/353 (6,679)	1999	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	33 Gallon - $15.00/roll of 10 bags 15 Gallon - $7.50/roll of 10 bags	Retail Stores
Piermont	782	2005	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	55 Gallon (contractors bag)-$6.00 33 Gallon (town bag) -$3.50 13 Gallon (town bag) - $2.50	Town Office Local Store
Plainfield	2,399	1992	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside	Stickers	$2.50 ea.	Town Office (in person or by mail) Deli-Marts Library
Raymond	10,282	2005	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside	Bags	33 Gallon -$21.25/roll of 5 bags 13 Gallon - $16.25/roll of 5 bags	Town Office Retail Stores
Sanbornton	2,979	1995	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags/ Stickers	Sticker for own bag: 33 Gallon - $1.75 20 Gallon - $1.50 Sanbornton Bag: 33 gallon - $2.00 20 gallon - $1.75	Stickers: Transfer Station Town Office Bags: Transfer Station Only
Shelburne	372	2005	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	Clear Bags: Stickers - $1.50 each 33 gallon bag or less = 1 sticker larger than 33 gallon = 2 stickers	Transfer Station Town Office
Somersworth	11,684	1991	Municipality & Private Hauler	Curbside	Bags	30 Gallon - $20/roll of 10 bags 15 Gallon- $14.50/roll of 10 bags	Retail Stores City Hall
South Hampton	810	1997	Municipality	Curbside	Bags	First 35 - gallon barrel or bag picked up curbside at no charge $1.00 per bag thereafter	Town Office Library
Tilton	3,633	2013	Municipality	Curbside	Bags	33 Gallon - $1.50 15 Gallon - $1.00	Town Hall
Troy	2,132	2000	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	30 Gallon - $10.00 (pack of 10 bags) 15 Gallon - $5.00 (pack of 10 bags)	Transfer Station Town Office
Walpole	3,861	1995	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	33 Gallon - $20.00 for roll of 10 bags	Retail Stores
Warren	916	1996	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	55 gallon bags $3.00 40 Gallon - $2.00 30 Gallon - $2.00 (roll of 10 bags) 15 Gallon - $1.00 (roll of 10 bags) Trash without bags charged at discretion of TS attendant	Transfer Station Town Office Local Store
Whitefield	2,360	1997	Municipality	Drop Off	Bags	30 gallon- roll of 10 bags - $17.00 15 gallon - roll of 10 bags - $12.00	Town Office Jiffy Mart Market & Deli

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