Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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• Requirements for Manufacturers

  Who is a Manufacturer? The law is very specific in its definition of "manufacturer".

• Grade School Recycling Resources

  All schools in Connecticut are required by state law to recycle mandated items.

• Local Municipal Recycling Coordinators

  Every CT Municipality is required to designate a local recycling coordinator

• Textiles Reuse & Recycling

  Besides clothing, such as shirts, pants, dresses and shorts – textiles include bedding, backpacks, curtains, towels, stuffed animals, gloves, belts, ties, purses, handbags, shoes, slippers, undergarments and even holey socks!

• Waste Paper Processors

  Waste paper is traded on a world wide commodity basis through a network of brokers and exporters.

• Batteries - Recycling and Disposal Options

  Household batteries - recycling and disposal options

• Managing Household Batteries

  general information on the chemistry and disposal options for household batteries.

• Recycling Rechargeable Batteries

  Some batteries can be recharged by reversing the chemical reaction that takes place when the battery is being used.

• Solid Waste & Recycling Data

  state law and regulation require solid waste and recycling data to be submitted to the Connecticut DEEP by municipalities and by permitted solid waste facilities.

• Additional C&D Resources

  Resources for C&D management options

• 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;

• C&D Waste Management Plans

  Waste Management Plans for construction, renovation and demolition projects are part of a growing movement to better manage materials and create sustainable communities.

• Deconstruction

  Deconstruction focuses on giving the materials within a building a “new life” once the building as a whole can no longer be used as a safe viable structure.

• Local Management of C&D

  Local ordinances create incentives and encourage recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, which can improve a community’s overall recycling rate.

• Zero Waste

  Zero Waste is a philosophy and a design principle for the 21st Century. It includes 'recycling' but goes beyond recycling by taking a 'whole system' approach to the vast flow of resources and waste through human society.