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• Lead Planning Efforts

• Expanding Your School Recycling Program

  Once your school or school district has established a successful recycling and waste reduction program for state and locally mandated items, you should consider expanding your efforts to include other categories of waste found in your school’s waste stream.

• Food Waste Reduction and Recovery

  The single largest component of solid waste sent to incinerators and landfills is food waste. According to the EPA, food waste comprised 21.3% of total U.S. Municipal Solid Waste generated in the United States in 2011 - that’s 36.31 million tons of wasted food.

• Reporting Environmental Problems

  If you are involved in or witness an environmental emergency, call DEEP's Emergency Response Unit 24 hours a day at 866-DEP-SPIL (866-337-7745) or 860-424-3338. An environmental emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to public health or the environment resulting from the release or potential release of oil, hazardous chemicals or radioactive materials into the air, land or water.

• Going Beyond the 3R's at Your School

  Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling are just one aspect of an environmentally conscious school.

• School and Institution Recycling Main Page

  A gateway to information on school and institution recycling resources.

• 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.

• School Recycling Reminder

  Recycling in CT is mandatory for everyone

• Tips on Waste Reduction and Reuse for Schools

  Any organization reviewing their waste management strategy should first consider ways to reduce waste and incorporate reusable products to achieve the maximum benefit to the environment.

• 2009 Training Program - Segment 3 Agricultural and Forestry Practices

  2009 Training Program - Segment 3 Agricultural and Forestry Practices

• 2010 Training Program - Segment 3 GIS and Geospatial Data

  2010 MIW Training Segment 3 Materials: GIS and CT ECO

• 2011 Training Program - Segment 3 Soils and Stormwater

  2011 MIW Training Program - Segment 3 Soils and Stormwater

• Final Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)

  In 2011 the EPA finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) in response to a 2008 court decision remanding the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) to EPA

• Single Stream FAQ

  What is single stream recycling? Frequently asked questions and answers

• 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.