Waste Management and Disposal

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• Home Composting - Turn Your Spoils into Soil

  Information for homeowners on how to compost their food scraps.

• Generator Inspections

  Inspection requirements for large- and small-quantity generators of hazardous waste in Connecticut.

• Large Scale Organics Management

  Composting on a larger scale than in our backyards provides our state with economic and environmental benefits.

• Mansfield Middle School Composting Grant - Final Report

  Information about a composting grant project carried out at Mansfield High School in Mansfield, CT.

• Office Food Scrap Composting at DEEP

  Information about composting of food scraps at DEEP Headquarters.

• School Composting Pilot, June 2003 Update

  An update of a school composting pilot project in Mansfield, CT.

• School Composting...The Next Step In Recycling

  How to get a manual about school composting in Connecticut.

• Sheet Leaf Composting

  Information about sheet leaf composting - a different kind of leaf recycling.

• Steve Slipchinsky and DEP receive awards for the Foodshare Organics Recycling Project

  Connecticut Food Share and DEP earn awards for their efforts in promoting composting in Connecticut.

• Using Compost to Control Erosion

  How to use compost to control erosion in Connecticut.

• Vermicomposting Pilot Project

  Information about a pilot project in Connecticut using earthworms to compost food waste.

• Vermicomposting Pilot Project Photo Gallery

  Pictures of a school composting project.

• Corrective Action and Financial Assurance

  Information about RCRA Corrective Action and Financial Assurance Requirements in Connecticut.

• Management of Contaminated Environmental Media

  Answers to frequently-asked questions about how to properly manage contaminated environmental media.

• RCRA "Contained-In" Policy

  Information about a regulatory interpretation concerning the characterization of environmental media contaminated with listed hazardous waste in Connecticut.