On This Page:

• For Kids
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Compost
• Garbage Disposal—Combustion & Landfills
• Electronics, Household Hazarous Waste & Other Special Waste & Recyclables
• Garbage & Recycling in Connecticut
• Publications & Media
• Corporate Recycling Programs (The Web sites listed are to programs with which CRRA has participated.)
• CRRA's Contractors
• Connecticut Statutes

The links listed on this page are only a small sample of the many valuable resources on solid waste management on the Internet. Each Web site will open in a new browser window.

FOR KIDS

http://connecticut.earth911.org/usa/master.asp?s=kids&a=kids/
kids.asp
Earth 911 Kids

http://www.epa.gov/kids/garbage.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Environmental Kids Club > Garbage and Recycling

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/reduce.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

http://www.earth911.org/
Earth 911

http://www.nrc-recycle.org/
National Recycling Coalition

http://americarecyclesday.org/
America Recycles Day

http://www.nerc.org/
Northeast Recycling Council

http://www.greendisk.com/default.html
Green Disk

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/index.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Consumer Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste

http://www.nrdc.org/cities/recycling/default.asp
Natural Resources Defence Council > Recycling

http://learner.org/exhibits/garbage/landfill/
Annenberg/CPB > Garbage: How Can My Community Reduce Waste?

http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/
Affluenza

http://www.wastefreelunches.org/
Waste-Free Lunches

http://www.sharetechnology.org/
Share the Technology

http://www.recyclingdonation.com/index.html
Recycling Donation Center

http://www.homestead.com/prosites-closetheloop/
Close the Loop

www.greenlinepaper.com
GreenLine Paper Company (for green office supplies)

http://www.freecycle.org/
Freecycle (people giving and getting stuff for free in their own towns)

COMPOST: Recycling Organics

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/compost/comindex.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Composting and Organics Recycling

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/compost/grass.htm
Don't Trash Your Grass

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/composting/index.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Composting

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/compost.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Composting is Easy!

http://www.mastercomposter.com/
Compost! Master Composter Home Composting

http://www.howtocompost.org/
How To Compost: Your Compost Resource

http://connecticut.earth911.org/master.asp?s
=lib&a=organics/composting/wormcompost.asp
Earth 911 > Vermiculture Worm Compost

GARBAGE DISPOSAL — COMBUSTION & LANDFILLS

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Wastes

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/index.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Municipal Solid Wastes

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/disposal.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > MSW Disposal — Landfilling and Combustion

http://www.wte.org/
Integrated Waste Services Association

http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert/
Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council

http://www.swana.org/
Solid Waste Association of North America

http://www.dioxinfacts.org/
Facts about dioxin from the Chlorine Chemistry Council

ELECTRONICS, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND OTHER SPECIAL WASTE & RECYCLABLES

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/elecrecy.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Electronics recycling

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/hhw/hhw.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Household Hazardous Waste

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=96244&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1004542&highlight=
Staples, Inc., electronics recycling program

http://www.staples.com/sbd/content/about/soul/recycling.html
Staples, Inc., recycling initiatives

http://connecticut.earth911.org/usa/master.asp?s
=lib&a=electronics/bat_index.asp
Earth 911 > Battery Recycling

http://www.call2recycle.org
RBRC Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation: Recycle Your Used Rechargeable Batteries & Cell Phones

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/propane.htm
Recycling Propane Grill Tanks

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/computel.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Computer and Television Recycling

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/alt.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Source Reduction Alternatives Around the Home

http://www.cristina.org
National Cristina Foundation -- reuse of computers

http://www.NLRlamp.com
Northeast Lamp Recycling, a DEP-permitted recycler of mercury-containing lamps and e-waste

http://www.rbrc.org
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp.

http://www.computertakeback.com
The Computer Take Back Campaign, an advocacy group, has a list of recyclers

http://www.thecomputerrecycler.com
thecomputerrecycler.com in Cromwell, Conn., takes computers and peripherals for recycling.

http://www.planetgreeninc.com
Planet Green Inc. offers a program for recycling toner and ink cartridges and cellular telephones that can help non-profits raise funds.

http://www.werecycle.com
WeRecycle! Light bulbs, batteries, computers, and more...

GARBAGE & RECYCLING IN CONNECTICUT

http://www.ctrecyclers.org/
Connecticut Recyclers Coalition

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/index.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Bureau of Waste Management

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/ctrecycles.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Connecticut Recycles

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/recyfact.htm
CT Department of Environmental Protection > Recycling in Connecticut

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/remindrecy.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Recycling Reminder

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/recycle/hhwsched.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > Household Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule

http://www.geeksforgivers.org
Geeks For Givers

http://www.werecycle.com
WeRecycle! Light bulbs, batteries, computers, and more...

http://www.reconnstructioncenter.org
The Reconnstruction Center

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

http://www.ctn.state.ct.us
Connecticut Network
(broadcasts selected meetings of the CRRA Board of Directors)

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/gargaz2000/gargaz.htm
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection > The Garbage Gazette

http://www.forester.net/msw.html
>MSW Management: The Journal for Municipal Solid Waste Professionals

http://www.resource-recycling.com/
Resource Recycling: North America's Recycling and Composting Journal

http://www.wastenews.com/headlines.html
Waste News

http://www.recyclingtoday.com/
Recycling Today

CORPORATE RECYCLING PROGRAMS

The programs listed include those with which CRRA has participated, either directly or through a contractor.

http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/
Nike Reuse-a-Shoe

CRRA'S CONTRACTORS

This list is not comprehensive. It includes those contractors that operate CRRA facilities and have Web sites.

http://www.casella.com
Casella Waste Systems Inc. (Parent company of FCR)

http://www.casella.com/locations/fcr/
FCR — Total Recycling Facility Management (operates Mid-Connecticut Project's regional recycling facility in Hartford and Bridgeport Project's regional recycling facility in Stratford)

http://www.covantaenergy.com
Covanta Energy (operates Mid-Connecticut Project's power generating facility, Wallingford Project and Southeast Project trash-to-energy facilities)

http://www.cwpm.net
CWPM (operates Mid-Connecticut Project transfer stations in Ellington, Essex and Watertown)

http://www.wheelabratortechnologies.com/index.asp
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. (operates Bridgeport Project trash-to-energy plant)

http://www.themdc.com
Metropolitan District Commission (operates Mid-Connnecticut Project Waste Processing Facility and Hartford landfill)

CONNECTICUT STATUTES

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Title22a.htm
Connecticut General Assembly > Title 22a Environmental Protection

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap446d.htm
Connecticut General Assembly > Chapter 446d* Solid Waste Management

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap446e.htm
Connecticut General Assembly > Chapter 446e* Solid Waste Management Services Act

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap014.htm#Sec1-21-.htm
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Connecticut law, Section 1-200

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap014.htm#Sec1-210.htm
Connecticut law, Section 1-210, Access to Public Records

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap014.htm#Sec1-225.htm Connecticut law, Section 1-225, Open Meeting Law