Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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• Green Building

  Green buildings are part of the larger practice of smart growth, also known as sustainable design and development, thatoutline of a house in green advocates that the use of natural resources by this generation shall not diminish the capacity of the environment to provide for successive generations.

• School Recycling Reminder

  Recycling in CT is mandatory for everyone

• Resource Management Contracting

  Resource management (RM) contracting is a partnership between the contracting organization and service provider where both entities benefit from performance based financial incentives to maximizing recycling and waste reduction and save businesses money.

• Collection Locations for Residential Electronics

  specific information on where you can recycle your electronics

• Creating a Connecticut Food Waste Prevention and Food Recovery Roadmap

  DEEP is creating a Connecticut roadmap for food waste prevention and food recovery with assistance from an Environmental Defense Fund/ReFED Climate Fellow.

• Additional C&D Resources

  Resources for C&D management options

• COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak

  DEEP is committed to ensuring the health and safety of Connecticut’s citizens during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Local Municipal Recycling Coordinators

  Every CT Municipality is required to designate a local recycling coordinator

• Connecticut Bottle Bill

  Information concerning the bottle bill

• CT State Agency Recycling Main Page

  Everyone in Connecticut, including State Agencies, are required to recycle.