Compliance

Compliance

Miniature Beverage Containers

Between October 1, 2021, and March 31, 2024, 162 out of the 169 municipalities in Connecticut received approximately $11.4 million in aggregate, through the surcharge on miniature alcohol beverage containers (Nip bottles), which equates to approximately 227.5 million Nip bottles. For the reporting municipalities (132 out of 162), between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, approximately 32 percent of the funds received from the surcharge on the Nips was expended on measures to reduce the generation of solid waste, and approximately 68 percent was expended on measures to reduce the impact of litter caused by such solid waste.

During the current reporting period, approximately $837,806 was expended on one or more measures to reduce solid waste, including $386,136 on personnel costs, such as the hiring of a recycling coordinator; $31,524 for education efforts; $212,286 for recycling equipment; and $207,860 for “other” measures. 

In addition, approximately $1,813,068 was expended on one or more measures to reduce the impact of litter, including $1,571 on the installation of storm drain filters; $932,279 for equipment for the mechanical collection of litter, such as street sweeper; $516,157 to support the collection of litter by personnel; and $363,062 for “other” measures. 

To view a more detailed explanation of the use of funds and the environmental “other” measures to reduce solid waste and/or the impacts of litter, visit “Preliminary-findings-of-the-review-of-the-miniature-beverage-container-surcharge-program-12-20-2024.pdf”.¹⁰⁰

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¹⁰⁰ _{Council on Environmental Quality, Preliminary findings of the review of programs and measures of local governments on the expenditure of funds from the surcharge on spirit or liquor beverage containers of fifty milliliters or less (Nips), December 19, 2024; portal.ct.gov/-/media/ceq/publications/2025/preliminary-findings-of-the-review-of-the-miniature-beverage-container-surcharge-program-12-20-2024f.pdf.}