Call your local town office if you have any questions about where residents can take their trash for proper management. Your town may also have a list of solid waste haulers that can provide pickup for a fee. Homeowners are strongly encouraged to properly recycle glass, plastics, aluminum, newspaper, cardboard, used motor oil, and other recyclable materials as much as possible. Composting yard waste and using leaves and grass clippings for mulch are good alternatives to open burning of yard waste. Composting produces valuable soil fertilizer through the natural process of decomposition.
Compost piles are simple to begin and maintain, and take up relatively little space.
Leaves, grass clippings, manure, coffee grounds, and vegetable and fruit peelings are all suitable for composting. Finished compost can improve soil texture, increase the ability of the soil to absorb air and water, suppress weed growth, decrease erosion, and reduce the need to apply commercial soil additives. This authorization only applies to brush that is five inches in diameter or less and wood that has not been treated, coated, or preserved. For more information on open burning, contact the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Air Resources Division, Compliance Bureau at 271-1370.