Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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• ReUse Centers and Material Exchanges

  Donating and buying reusable goods not only helps protect the environment, it also helps your local economy.

• Recycling Program Resources

  DEEP’s Recycling and Pollution Prevention programs offer materials on-line that can be printed directly and used for your own promotional recycling events.

• Business Recycling Assistance

  It is the law in Connecticut that everyone, even businesses, recycle certain materials.

• Designing for Recycling in Schools.

  Planning for everyday waste recycling is an integral component of Building Operations Resource Management which in turn, is a larger part of sustainable and high performance building design, which effectively promotes ongoing resource conservation.

• Going Beyond the 3R's at Your School

  Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling are just one aspect of an environmentally conscious school.

• Managing Residential Construction Waste

  In Connecticut, the easiest and most common way to manage construction waste is to commingle most waste into one roll-off where it is taken by the hauler to a materials recovery facility or transfer station.

• Asphalt Shingles

  We generate an estimated 2800 tons of asphalt shingle scrap annually; ARS is easy to separate from other construction and demolition materials for recycling;

• PA 10-87

  An Act Concerning Private and Municipal Recycling, Zoning Ordinances and Solid Waste Collection Contracts

• Mattress Recycling

  Mattresses and box springs become problematic once they reach the end of their useful life. Since they are bulky and hard to move, disposal is difficult and increasingly expensive for municipalities.

• Muni Recycling Resource Center Main Page

  This page is a gateway to materials management information pertinent to municipalities.

• Expanding Your School Recycling Program

  Once your school or school district has established a successful recycling and waste reduction program for state and locally mandated items, you should consider expanding your efforts to include other categories of waste found in your school’s waste stream.

• Connecticut Bottle Bill

  Information concerning the bottle bill

• Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Main Page

  Information about how Connecticut manages its waste and how to help us move toward our vision for even more waste reduction, reuse and recycling.

• Archived Municipal Recycling Coordinators E-News and Webinars

  Archived e-newsletters and webinars are topical, and provide resources and information of interest to local municipalities.

• Recycling Collection Systems

  it is important to periodically reassess your community’s recyclables collection system to determine if it’s the most cost-effective and efficient program you can offer taxpayers.