Are You in Compliance?

As part of implementing the Comprehensive Materials Management Strategy DEEP is reaching out to municipalities to assist in developing waste management practices which comply with the current CT statutes and regulations.

Does your municipality...

• Have a designated Recycling Agent?

• Have an up-to-date recycling ordinance?

• Submit Recycling Reports annually?

• Submit Solid Waste Facility reports annually (if applicable)?

• Collect registrations from collectors/haulers who work in your town?

• Receive/request reports from collectors/ haulers who work in your town?

• Have an adopted (or established) plan for parallel collection (trash & recycling) in municipal public spaces? 

• Have an adopted (or established) plan for parallel collection (trash & recycling) in public spaces?

To be in compliance, municipalities have a number of tasks to complete.

•Develop a plan or program for residential and commercial recycling outreach and enforcement of local ordinances and update ordinances ( CGS Sec. 22a-220(f ) , CGS Sec 22a-241b and RCSA 22a-241b )

•Implement an initiative to reduce disposed waste by 10% from 2014 baseline year, this may include SMART (Save Money and Reduce Trash) pricing programs (consistent with goal established in CGS Sec. 22a-220(f) and CMMS )

•Ensure that all residents have sufficient opportunity to recycle at the rate materials are generated ( CGS Sec. 22a-220(f) )

Municipal Solid Waste Ordinances

Municipal Ordinances should address:

• Parallel collection for residents and non-residential entities

• Registration requirement for collectors

• Residential, Multi-Tenant, and ICI (generators and collectors)

• Contamination/Comingling

• Illegal Dumping / Out-of-Town Waste

• Reference CT List of Mandatory Recyclables ( RCSA 22a-241b-2 )

• Include municipal facilities, schools, parks, public spaces, special events, common gathering venues, etc.

Municipalities are required to adopt an ordinance in accordance with CGS 22a-220(f)(1) : Adopt an ordinance or other enforceable legal instrument setting forth measures to assure the compliance of persons within its boundaries with the requirements of subsection (c) of section 22a-241b and to assure compliance of collectors with the requirements of subsection (a) of section 22a-220c

Have more questions about municipal compliance?

Contact:

Peter Brunelli

DEEP Sustainable Materials Management

860-424-3536

New Resource from EPA

Fact Sheet:

Preventing and Detecting PCB Contamination in Used Oil

(Found on CT DEEP webpage:

Proper Management of Used Oil )

RecycleCT Innovation Grant RFP

The RecycleCT Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce a request for proposals for its Innovation Grant Program. 

Proposals due March 28, 2018, 5:00pm EST. 

Proposals are only accepted by email: [email protected]

Subject line should be:

Innovation Grant Application

The goal of the Innovation Grant Program is to fund new and innovative processes, programs, or demonstration projects in the areas of waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting in Connecticut.

The Innovation Grant targets sustainable materials management initiatives that advance local, regional, or statewide knowledge and participation in building sustainable alternatives for materials otherwise destined for disposal. 

Application and projects funded in 2017 can be found at:

www.RecycleCT/grants

 Carton Recycling: They're IN!

Monday

March 26, 2018 -  3:00pm

Register Now

Wonder how to increase recycling efforts and how to help your schools recycle more?

Join us to learn about carton recycling. The Carton Council has assisted numerous communities and schools with adding cartons to recycling programs with the benefit of increasing recycling while teaching the next generation of recyclers. This webinar will also highlight programs the Carton Council is supporting in the HRRA region and Middletown.

To make this truly beneficial, there will be dedicated Q&A time for you to ask questions.

Presenters:

Barbara Heineken

Carton Council Representative from Resource Recycling Systems (RRS)

Jen Heaton-Jones

Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority

Kim O'Rourke

City of Middletown

Facilitator:

Sherill Baldwin, CT DEEP

Join this upcoming webinar/conference call.

Promotional Resources

Available for your use!

Videos and other resources about Mattress Recycling

from the Mattress Recycling Council (below)

Resources

New Video on Plastic Film Recycling

from the American Chemistry Council/Flexible Film Recycling Group (below)

CT Programs in the News

Enfield Offers App to Facilitate Recycling (Journal Inquirer, March 1)

Little agreement on Conn. packaging EPR (Resource Recycling, February 27)

New Connecticut recycling standards begin (News 8, February 27)

City carting adds glass cleanup system (Recycling Today, February 21)

Editorial: wish-cycling contaminates perfectly good waste (The Hour, February 14)

What's In, What's Out? Take Note of New Recycling Rules (Ridgefield's Hamlet Hub, February 8)

City serves as case study in film recycling outreach (Plastic Recycling Update, February 7)

2017 Food Recovery Challenge Regional Award Winners (EPA, January 2018)

[Mohegan Sun, Southern Connecticut State University and Whole Food Market in Milford]

     Upcoming Events:

March 7, 2018 - 9:00am-1:30pm - Small Compost Systems Operator Training . Mansfield Town Hall, 4 South Eagleville Road, Mansfield, CT. CT Recyclers Coalition, $20.  Contact  [email protected] for more information.

Snow Date : March 12, 2018 - 9:00am-1:30pm - Small Compost Systems Operator Training . Mansfield Town Hall, 4 South Eagleville Road, Mansfield, CT. CT Recyclers Coalition, $20.  Contact  [email protected] for more information.

March 26, 2018 - 3:00-4:00pm -  Carton Recycling: They're IN! webinar. Learn how to increase carton recycling.  Hosted by CT DEEP.

April 24, 2018 - 9:30-11:30am - Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting. McCarthy Auditorium, CT DEEP Headquarters, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT.  Upcoming and past agendas and presentations.

Have an idea or topic for future municipal recycling conference call/webinar? Let us know what you and your colleagues would like to learn more about. Contact Sherill Baldwin .