
Climate Change
Addressing climate change presents residents, businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities a chance to create, evolve, and maintain a sustainable environment, a robust economy, and a higher quality of life today and tomorrow.
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Single Stream Public Education
Implementing any new changes in a recycling program or system, requires strong public education with consistent messaging to ensure residents understand the proposed changes in the recycling program. Single Stream education is no exception.
DEEP Announces Beverage Container Recycling Grant Program Opportunities
(HARTFORD)— The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today the Beverage Container Recycling (a.k.a. Bottle Bill) Grant Program opportunities. The grant program will support the establishment of beverage container redemption centers in urban centers and environmental justice communities to help provide convenient and reliable access for container redemption to all Connecticut residents.
Information on the management of solid waste in Connecticut.
Commercial Organics Recycling Law
Connecticut's organics recycling law for generators of residual food waste.
"Toward the Virtual Elimination of Mercury from the Solid Waste Stream" was submitted to the Governor and State legislature in response to Public Act 99-228. The report provides recommendations for reducing mercury in solid waste including eliminating mercury from school science labs, requiring manufacturers to provide for the collection and recycling of their mercury containing products, and using household hazardous waste programs to collect elemental mercury from homes.
General Permit for Storage and Processing of Asphalt Roofing Shingle Waste (ARSW) for Beneficial Use and Recycling
Fishing Line Recycling Locations
Find fishing line recycling stations at inland and coastal sites around the state.
Local Municipal Recycling Coordinators
Every CT Municipality is required to designate a local recycling coordinator
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.
A gateway page to more information on event recycling.
Solid Waste & Recycling Hauler Resources
resources for the hauler community that can be used to better understand Connecticut’s general and hauler/collector-specific recycling requirements, including hauler reporting forms, sample letters, links to other best practices and technical assistance resources.
What does recycling mean for the materials economy in Connecticut? It means jobs!
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.
Using Social Media to Promote Recycling
Federal, state and local government agencies are discovering that social media is increasingly becoming an important method to connect with new audiences and can be worthwhile for sharing information for specific programs.