Garbage & Recycling

New Haven, Connecticut, will soon be home to a major composting facility. This comes amid a statewide waste disposal crisis: Few local disposal options exist, and the cost of sending trash to landfills in other states is increasing.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s controversial waste recycling bill has won the approval of a key legislative committee. The Environment Committee voted mainly along party lines to advance the measure.

Connecticut trash haulers have been spotted mixing recyclables with trash, in trucks or at transfer stations, to save money. Little oversight exists.

A bill proposed in New York shifts the responsibility of reducing plastic and paper waste on to the companies that package their materials. The goal is to reduce the tons of garbage that ends up at landfills.

The Stamford Food Waste Recycling Program has removed nearly 23 tons of food scraps from the city’s garbage system since being launched in June 2021.

Officials believe solving the food waste issue is the linchpin to Connecticut’s waste disposal crisis.

Connecticut towns and cities received their first checks from the five-cent surcharge placed on mini liquor bottles last month. Now, they have to decide how to spend it.

The long-term future of Connecticut’s quasi-public waste management agency is uncertain. One of four waste-to-energy facilities in the state is scheduled to close later this year due to age and lack of funding.

The New York State NAACP has condemned a plan to haul garbage out of Long Island at a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank. The push follows months…

In Connecticut, the expected closure of Hartford’s trash-to-energy plant next year and the expense of shipping waste out of state has lawmakers concerned…