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  Connecticut Recycles Day
November 15th

 
 
Countdown to Connecticut Recycles Day

 

Connecticut Recycles Day is a recycling awareness day that takes place on November 15th each year. This day is set aside to recognize and celebrate the positive impact of reducing, reusing, recycling, composting and closing the recycling loop in our communities, schools, businesses and state agencies.  You can use this day at your workplace, school, or in your home to bring awareness to recycling and commit to improving your recycling program.


Ideas for Celebrating CT Recycles Day

  • Coordinate a "Drive" to Collect an Item from the Waste Stream (i.e. cell phones for soldiers)

  • Expand Your Recycling Program (add more materials to recycle or try to recover more of what you already collect)

  • Start a "Green Team" in your office, school, or house of worship

  • Clean Your Room/House/Office and donate items to a local charity

  • Coordinate a community tag sale

  • Organize a ‘swap’ party with friends: clothing, toys, books or kitchenware

  • Coordinate a book collection event and donate books to schools, libraries or other facilities

  • Visit a recycling center to learn where your recyclables go

  • Create Art from Trash

  • Start a book discussion group to learn more about trash & recycling


CT Recycles Day Resources

Connecticut Recycles Day Event Planners Guide (CT DEP)

America Recycles Day Engages Communities to Help the Environment (EPA)

America Recycles Day (NRC)

What DEP is Doing: How We’re Greening the DEP  (CT DEP)

Recycling & Trash Education Services (CRRA)

Loan Kits  (CRRA)

Recycling Education Programs (HRRA)

CT Recycling Program Resources (CT DEP)

Recycling Hits the Runway   This is a starter loan kit with a sample script, some accessories and clothing made from recycled materials to stage your own fashion show. Add more of your own recycled content or reused clothing to complete the show.  (CT DEP)

Recycling Match Game  A game in which players match the objects in the recycling bin to the products they can be recycled into.  (CT DEP)

Trash Detectives Game  Could that item you put in the trash have a better use? Could it be recycled, composted or reused in some way? Find out playing this game!  (CT DEP)

Environmental Speakers, Presenters and Performers (CT DEP)

Grade School Recycling Resources (CT DEP)

The History of the Recycling Symbol: How Gary Anderson Designed the Recycling Symbol (J.C. Dyer)

CT Celebrates Earth Day (CT DEP)

Buy Recycled Products  (CT DEP)

Managing Waste and Recycling at Special Events and Other Venues  (CT DEP)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Content Last Updated October 21, 2009








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