Reduce The Trash CT

Reduce The Trash CT Reduce The Trash CT is a statewide initiative to address Connecticut’s waste crisis.

With the closing of the Hartford waste-to-energy plant, there’s simply too much trash and no more room. If nothing is done, around 850,000 tons of trash will need to be shipped out of state annually, causing disposal costs to rise by as much as 60%. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency is offering nearly $5 million in grants to cities and towns for the implement

ation of trash reduction pilot programs that have residents separate their food scraps from their nonrecyclable trash. Food scraps can account for 20% or more of trash – separating allows them to be used for composting or turned into renewable energy through anaerobic digestion.

Upcoming Repair Cafes in Connecticut:March 11, 12-3pm: Sustainable Essex will be hosting a Repair Cafe Trinity Lutheran ...
03/08/2023

Upcoming Repair Cafes in Connecticut:

March 11, 12-3pm: Sustainable Essex will be hosting a Repair Cafe Trinity Lutheran Church, Centerbrook. If you would like to volunteer to be a fixer, email sustsxct at gmail.com. https://sustainableessex.com/

March 25, 8:30am–12:00pm - Cheshire High School, 525 S. Main Street, Cheshire. Hosted by Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire
https://www.sustainablecheshire.org/event-info/repair-cafe-2

April 22, 10am-2:00pm – Repair Café hosted by Wilton Go Green and Cannon Grange, Cannon Grange, Cannon Road
Learn more and sign up for a time slot https://wiltongogreen.org/repair-cafe/

Know of others coming up in Connecticut? Please share!!

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