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  • Climate Change and Waste

    Climate change and waste management options

  • Reduce/Reuse/Recycle at Home

    Every CT resident is required by state law to recycle and each town is required to provide recycling options to their residents

  • Corrugated Cardboard

    Old corrugated cardboard (OCC) represents a significant percentage of the commercial solid waste stream.

  • Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Facilities

    The following businesses have indicated that they accept fluorescent lamps for recycling. Contact the facility for the types of lamps they accept and the conditions for delivery.

  • Glass Recycling Markets Fact Sheet

    these markets accept only color separated container glass; some accept the different colored container glass commingled.

  • Buy Recycled Products

    Recycling does not end once you have dropped off your cans, bottles and newspapers at the curb or nearest recycling center. This is just the first step!

  • Recycling Propane Grill Tanks

    Propane-fueled gas grills are being sold at a record pace for outdoor home cooking. Sales have out-paced charcoal, electric, and natural gas combined.

  • Business Recycling Assistance

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

  • Separating Recyclables from the Waste Stream

    Designated recyclable items must be separated from other solid waste and cannot be collected together with trash in the same collection container.

  • Comprehensive Evaluation and Transformation Main Page

    To further Connecticut’s environmental and economic agenda, the State is working with stakeholders to transform the State's cleanup laws and regulations with the goal of achieving more cleanups more efficiently and effectively.

  • Soil Preservation Guidance for VOCs

    The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued a final guidance document describing soil sample collection and preservation techniques designed to minimize volatile organic compound losses due to volatilization and biodegradation.

  • Well Receptor Guidance

    Guidance for persons who are required to investigate and remediate polluted or potentially polluted sites must consider the need to conduct a detailed water supply well receptor survey in order to assess whether an on-site groundwater pollution plume may, or can be reasonably expected to, adversely affect public or private water supply wells on and off-site.

  • Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance

    Ecological Risk Assessment is a structured scientific evaluation of the potential for harm to occur to ecological receptors as a result of exposure to some stressor, often an exposure to chemical contamination.

  • Site Characterization Essentials

    Resources to help define the standard of care expected when characterizing a site under various clean-up programs in Connecticut.

  • Trichloroethylene Developmental Risks

    As a result of the increased understanding of the developmental risks posed by TCE, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) developed joint guidance in February 2015.