Compliance
Compliance
Miniature Beverage Containers
Between October 1, 2021, and March 31, 2025, 162 out of the 169 municipalities in Connecticut received in aggregate approximately $16.26 million, which equates to approximately 325.2 million miniature beverage containers (“Nips”). For the reporting period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, 141 municipalities out of 162 municipalities surveyed reported that approximately 34 percent of the funds received from the surcharge on the Nips was expended on measures to reduce the generation of solid waste, and approximately 66 percent was expended on measures to reduce the impact of litter caused by such solid waste.
Environmental measures to reduce solid waste: approximately $943,012 was expended during the current reporting period, including $514,674 on personnel costs, $69,888 for education efforts; $203,617 for recycling equipment; and $154,833 for other measures.
Environmental measures to reduce the impact of litter: approximately $1,830,511 was expended, including $177 on the installation of storm drain filters; $715,767 for equipment for the mechanical collection of litter; $742,561 on personnel costs; and $372,006 for other measures
To view a more detailed explanation of the use of funds and the “other” environmental measures to reduce solid waste and/or the impacts of litter, visit “2025 Preliminary Findings of the Review of the Miniature Beverage Container Surcharge Program,” dated December 17, 2025.106
________
106 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 17, 2025; portal.ct.gov/-/media/ceq/publications/2025/preliminary-findings-of-the-review-of-the-miniature-beverage-container-surcharge-program-12-18-2025f.pdf