
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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Donating and buying reusable goods not only helps protect the environment, it also helps your local economy.
Find a list of programs and services offered by DEEP.
Recycling Main Page - Formerly General Information on Recycling in Connecticut
Recycling is the process of creating new products from used materials.
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) offers a College Internship Program to acquaint students with DEEP’s mission. Our unpaid internship program allows qualified students to obtain academic credit from their institution, while also gaining valuable experience in the workforce.
We generate an estimated 2800 tons of asphalt shingle scrap annually; ARS is easy to separate from other construction and demolition materials for recycling;
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.
Connecticut Recycles Day, November 15
Connecticut Recycles Day is a recycling awareness day that takes place on November 15th each year.
The State Electronics Challenge is a voluntary program that encourages state, regional, and local governments, including schools, to purchase greener products, reduce the impacts of electronic products during use, and manage obsolete electronics in an environmentally safe way.
Fairs, Festivals & Outdoor Events
Connecticut is home to many fairs, festivals and other outdoor events. Waste reduction, reuse and recycling are just as important to practice when you are enjoying these venues as they are at home or at work.
What is single stream recycling? Frequently asked questions and answers
Commercial Organics Collection Pilot Begins
Information about a commercial organics recycling project in Groton and Stonington, CT.
Information about sheet leaf composting - a different kind of leaf recycling.
Recycling does not end once you have dropped off your cans, bottles and newspapers at the curb or nearest recycling center. This is just the first step!
Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Main Page
Information about how Connecticut manages its waste and how to help us move toward our vision for even more waste reduction, reuse and recycling.