Recycling centers in Cheshire

Family-owned since 1960, AJ Waste Systems runs a refuse and recycling operation at 22 Burton Drive in Cheshire with a transfer station that splits its week by customer. Contractors use it Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the residential bulky waste drop-off opens to all Connecticut residents on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The company also runs weekly front-load dumpster service for businesses in 2 to 10 yard sizes and rents construction and demolition roll-offs in 6 to 30 yard sizes. Routes cover Cheshire, Greater Waterbury, Southington, North Haven, and Hamden.

Central Connecticut Recycling & Transfer, known as CCRT, runs the construction and demolition transfer station at 22 Burton Drive in Cheshire with AJ Waste Systems, a family-owned hauler in the area since 1960. The site took over bulky drop-off after the town transfer station closed. Contractors use it Monday through Friday, and Connecticut residents get access on Saturdays from 8 to 1, cash only. Residential drop-off is charged by weight in tiers, with separate per-item fees for white goods and large appliances, tires, brown-bagged grass and leaves, brush, cardboard, and metal loads. Electronics up to seven items carry no fee. Mattresses are not accepted. AJ Waste Systems also delivers roll-off containers and front-load dumpsters across Cheshire, Greater Waterbury, Southington, North Haven, and Hamden.