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Failure to pay any tax that is due by August 1, 2025 will cause the tax to become delinquent and subject to interest at the rate of 1.5% per month, back to the original due date of July 1, 2025. The Town of Manchester mailed the tax bills for the October 1, 2024 Grand List on June 20, 2025.
Landfill and Transfer Station Hours will change on July 1st 2025. Please visit the Sanitation page for more information on these changes.
Published on December 31, 2024
Home composting can continue through the winter! The decomposition process continues, simply slowing down as the weather cools. If you use a compost pile, tuck the compostable kitchen waste under several inches of leaf matter to prevent unwanted visitors. Or keep a separate stash of chopped leaves to use to cover the food scraps. No turning of the pile during the winter. Decomposition will speed up rapidly as the weather warms in the spring, and compost will form quickly during the summer.
Any food items that can’t be composted at home can be brought to the Manchester Food Scrap Drop-Off Program, where they are collected and sent for industrial composting.
And the Town continues to collect bagged leaves and yard debris curbside on the usual refuse collection day through the 2nd full week in January. Christmas trees can be put out too. This service is resumed the third week in March. (In between, leaves and yard refuse can be taken directly to the transfer station.)
For more information: Home Composting Through the Winter
Manchester Food Scrap Drop-Off Program
Manchester Leaf & Yard Waste Collection
Conservation Commission
Sustainability Commission