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Reduce {Chasing Arrows} Reuse {Chasing Arrows} Recycle
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"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not."
~ Dr, Seuss, from The Lorax
The estimated 2008 recycling rate in Connecticut was approximately 25%-26%. That rate might seem impressive; however, it has remained relatively flat over the past decade and Connecticut still disposes of 2.7 million tons of trash annually. That's an estimated 1,500 pounds of trash per person per year! That's too much. We not only can do better, we must do better by transforming solid waste management into a materials economy.
Learn more about how we manage our waste in Connecticut and how to help us move toward our vision for even more waste reduction, reuse and recycling, by using the navigation links on the left and in the sections below. Specific information on local recycling programs and locations is available through your municipal recycling coordinator. DEEP's "What Do I Do With...?" webpage may help CT residents decide how to recycle or dispose of that not-so-common item.
The Bulletin Board announces hot topics of short duration, such as recycling events, webinars, meetings, etc. Check back often to see what interesting things are going on.
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Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) for Source Separated Organics Material Processing Facility
Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA)
The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA) is in the initial stages of evaluating the feasibility of developing a source separated organic materials processing facility to convert source separated organic materials (SSOM, primarily food waste) to renewable energy (electricity or fuels) and/or useable compost. As part of this evaluation, CRRA is seeking information and expressions of interest from companies who are capable of designing, building, and operating such a facility. CRRA will manage environmental permitting.
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Deadline for Submitting Questions to CRRA:
May 18
Responses Due:
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Creating Recycling Habits: Learning form Behavioral-Based Research and Social Marketing Strategies - Free Webinar
Keep America Beautiful
For this webinar, a panel of experts will engage the participants in cross-sector dialogue about the challenges faced and the lessons learned from behavioral-based research that has been conducted to date and from real-world experience utilizing community-based social marketing strategies to increase recycling participation.
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How to Negotiate Your Contract With Waste Haulers - Free Webinar
US EPA Sustainable Materials Management Web Academy
This is the next in a year-long series of free webinars offered by EPA's Sustainable Materials Management Web Academy (formerly the Resource Conservation Challenge, RCC). Learn about key issues, successful projects, and a variety of best management practices for creating stellar waste management programs. Hear from experts around the country on what works and what doesn’t, and how to make your program more successful. All webinars in this series take place on the 3rd Thursday of the month, January 2012 through November 2012 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern Time.
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Product Stewardship - Who Really Pays? - Free Webinar
NRC and PA Recycling Markets Center
The goal of product stewardship is to ensure that all those involved in the lifecycle of a product share the responsibility to reduce health and environmental impacts. Producers bear the primary financial responsibility, but who really pays?
This webinar is part of a series sponsored by the PA Recycling Markets Center and the National Recycling Coalition. Webinars have been scheduled on the second Monday of each month through June 2012.
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Capturing the Value: Transforming Municipal Materials Management
Connecticut DEEP
Kroon Hall
Yale University, New Haven
Please join us at Connecticut's second Materials Management Summit and be a part of transforming how we manage waste and recover more of its value through reuse and recycling activities. We will explore how municipalities can enhance policies and take simple actions that support waste reduction and increased recovery of materials for recycling and composting. We will hear how municipalities collaborate with haulers to support zero waste goals, examine collection trends, learn about incentive structures such as pricing systems that result in saving money and reducing trash, and understand how municipalities are using resource management contracts to support waste reduction.
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Business of Recycling: Contracts, Pricing, Financing & Budgeting- Free Webinar
College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC)
The CURC Webinar series is designed to share technical knowledge between program managers, student interns and others involved with promoting waste reduction on college campuses. Scheduled on the second Thursday of each month, CURC webinars cover a range of topics related to sustainable materials management such as material collections and processing, education and promotion and procurement. Each webinar is 60 minutes to 90 minutes and features prepared presentations from recognized collegiate recycling experts. All webinars are free to registered participants.
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Content Last Updated May 22, 2012
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