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Resources for C&D management options
We generate an estimated 2800 tons of asphalt shingle scrap annually; ARS is easy to separate from other construction and demolition materials for recycling;
Waste Management Plans for construction, renovation and demolition projects are part of a growing movement to better manage materials and create sustainable communities.
Deconstruction focuses on giving the materials within a building a “new life” once the building as a whole can no longer be used as a safe viable structure.
Local ordinances create incentives and encourage recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, which can improve a community’s overall recycling rate.
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.
Technical Assistance and Service Forestry Support for CT Landowners
Describes the purpose of Connecticut's Service Forestry Program and how a landowner can contact their Service Forester for assistance.
Links to websites for Petroleum Products
Responsibility for Cleaning of Spills Posing Environmental Threat
Responsibility for Clean Up of Spills
Connecticut Recycles Day, November 15
Connecticut Recycles Day is a recycling awareness day that takes place on November 15th each year.
The Alliance for Fish and Wildlife
Information on the Recovering America's Wildlife Act and the Alliance for America's Fish and Wildlife.
Information about the Materials Reuse Network Subcommittee of the Connecticut Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
Recycling and Source Reduction Subcommittee
Information about the "Increasing Source Reduction and Recycling Rates" Subcommittee of Connecticut's Solid Waste Advisory Committee.