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• Connecticut Recycles Day, November 15

  Connecticut Recycles Day is a recycling awareness day that takes place on November 15th each year.

• Recycling for the Hospitality Industry

  All retail and commercial establishments, including restaurants and inns must have a recycling program in place.

• Proper Use and Disposal of Treated Lumber

  Outdoor wood, used widely in home landscape projects, is protected from moisture, rot and insect damage with chemical preservatives (pesticides) to inhibit fungal decay and extend the life of the wood.

• 2018 LEP Board Meetings

  CT LEP Board 2018 Meeting Schedule, Agendas, and Minutes.

• Climate Change and Waste

  Climate change and waste management options

• Letterboxing Clues for Mohawk State Forest

  CT Mohawk SF Letterboxing Clues

• Archived Municipal Recycling Coordinators E-News and Webinars

  Archived e-newsletters and webinars are topical, and provide resources and information of interest to local municipalities.

• Commercial and Institutional Food Scrap Recycling Pilot Projects

  Information about food scrap recycling projects in Connecticut.

• Separating Recyclables from the Waste Stream

  Designated recyclable items must be separated from other solid waste and cannot be collected together with trash in the same collection container.

• Emergency Response and Spill Prevention

  Emergency Response and Spill Prevention

• Soil Preservation Guidance for VOCs

  The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued a final guidance document describing soil sample collection and preservation techniques designed to minimize volatile organic compound losses due to volatilization and biodegradation.

• Well Receptor Guidance

  Guidance for persons who are required to investigate and remediate polluted or potentially polluted sites must consider the need to conduct a detailed water supply well receptor survey in order to assess whether an on-site groundwater pollution plume may, or can be reasonably expected to, adversely affect public or private water supply wells on and off-site.

• Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance

  Ecological Risk Assessment is a structured scientific evaluation of the potential for harm to occur to ecological receptors as a result of exposure to some stressor, often an exposure to chemical contamination.

• Trichloroethylene Developmental Risks

  As a result of the increased understanding of the developmental risks posed by TCE, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) developed joint guidance in February 2015.

• General Guidance on Development of Former Agricultural Properties

  General guidance for site development projects on former agricultural land in which persistent pesticides (primarily dieldrin, DDT and breakdown products, chlordane, arsenic) remain in soil at concentrations that approach or exceed the Connecticut Remediation Standard Regulations