Full Coalition Meeting and IRRWG on Wasting Food

February 23, 2023

CURRENT WASTE EFFORTS

On January 24, 2023, Governor Lamont announced his 2023 Legislative Proposal: Addressing the Future of Materials and Waste Management through a combination of diversion programs and infrastructure development. The proposal includes four key policy components: (1) Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, (2) accelerating organics reuse and diversion efforts, (3) post-consumer recycled content standards, and (4) the restructuring and decommissioning of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA). The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is working collaboratively with the General Assembly to exchange information from this public process to inform the legislative dialogue on Governor’s Bill 6664 An Act Managing Waste and Creating a Waste Authority.

These four proposals are critical to achieving a sustainable approach to materials management in Connecticut and collectively are included as one of Governor Lamont’s key policy priorities for the 2023 legislative session. DEEP has also announced several initiatives to address the rising costs of MSW management and address that deficit in the state's waste management self-sufficiency and would like to take this opportunity to identify those initiatives and encourage your participation. More information at link below.

Learn more about the different initiatives here:

DEEP_Current_Waste_Efforts_Final.pdf (ct.gov)

Upcoming CCSMM Meetings

FULL COALITION MEETING

Monday, March 6, 2023

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Please join us for a Full Coalition meeting. Updates will be provided on the above-noted current waste initiatives, and an overview of the Governor’s waste bill will be shared.

Full Coalition webpage

Increase Reuse and Recycling (IRR) Working Group

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Food: Wasting Less & Recovering More

Speakers:

Federal Updates

Christine Beling, Project Engineer, U.S. EPA Region 1

Jennifer England, Head of Partner Development, Food Rescue Hero

Community Initiatives to Waste Less Food

Andrea Collins, Senior Specialist, Sustainable Food Systems, People & Communities Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

Krishana Abrahim-Petrie, Project Staff, Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)

Food Recovery and Community Food Rescue Programs

Haley Schulman, Site Coordinator, Food Rescue US

Lori Martin, Executive Director, Haven's Harvest

Heather Latino, Clinical Instructor, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Center for Health and Law Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School

Sophie DeBode, Clinical Student, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Center for Health and Law Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School

CT Legislative Update: Food Waste Reduction and Food Recovery

Harrison Nantz, Legislative Director, CT DEEP

IRR Working Group page

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