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Are your strings of lights not working? Check out our step-by-step guide to get them up and running so they don’t end up in a landfill. — #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

@wherewelive @wnpr Great speakers! Be aware of Upcoming CT Compost Conference on March 19th at Wesleyan University. Will include food recovery, food scrap collection, how to compost at home, farms, transfer stations and commercial scale. @ctcompostAlliance ctcompostalliance.org

Connecticut is facing a waste crisis. Across the state, organizations are working to reduce what we throw in the trash and recycle more food. This hour, a look at statewide efforts to reduce, reuse and re-think what we throw away. Listen on @wnpr ctpublic.org/show/where-we-…

Gather with fellow farm-based educators at this unique professional learning event, designed and delivered by FBEN program alumni. ctnofa.org/happening/root…

Please, NO string lights in curbside recycling! Broken lights CAN be recycled with electronics recycling (E-Waste). WH residents with a Yard Waste & Recycling Permit can drop them off with e waste at 25 Brixton Street. @GreenMonsterCT Recycling on Brook Street also accepts.

2023-2024 CONNECTICUT ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED! MRC's 2023-2024 Connecticut Annual Report is now available online, offering details about our mattress recycling efforts! ♻ Click here for more: tinyurl.com/vuwmvnyb

It's a beautiful summer day to recycle glass! ♻️

Happy Garbage Man/Recycling Woman/Composter Person Day!! Be kind to your collectors - they are doing us a great service! Thanks for your service! #EssentialWorkers

Here, the Foundation’s Senior Policy Officer Valérie Boiten explains how Extended Producer Responsibility policy (EPR) is a necessary part of the solution to build a circular economy for textiles, and accelerate progress to redesign the system. More coming soon.

#EatTheLastDonut then recycle the box. After the last donut has been eaten make sure the empty box is put in the recycling bin. Thanks for #RecyclingRight recyclect.com Happy #DonutDay

When was the last time you checked if an item should go IN or stay OUT of your recycling bin? Do the right thing, ask the RecycleCT Wizard at recyclect.com or download the RecycleCT Wizard app. Thanks for #RecyclingRight

Milk cartons and juice boxes are accepted in CT's mixed recycling program! Thanks for #RecyclingRight Have a question about another item? Ask the RecycleCT Wizard recyclect.com

An article was recently published in the Suffield Observer discussing the success of the food scraps program at Spaulding Elementary School. thesuffieldobserver.com/2024/03/spauld…

Join us for a free webinar presented by PSI and @nerecycling! As momentum for tire #EPR continues to grow in the U.S., we turn to our expert panel for lessons learned and insights on best practices for scrap tire management. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3IfVeKs

We’re paying the price as top corporate plastic polluters @cocacola, @nestle, @unilever, @pepsico, and @MDLZ continue to flood the environment with single-use plastic.

GOT BAGS? Please remind your household members and neighbors that plastic bags are the single biggest problem for recycling. Use plastic bags only for trash but put cans, bottles, paper, cardboard in the recycling bin LOOSE! Details at @Recycle_CT recyclect.com.

W/the increase in CT's beverage container deposit refund amt from 5¢ to 10¢, residents/orgs are lining up to return their bottles and cans. Higher redemption rates help us better address our climate & plastic pollution crises. @JohnMoritz18 @insider_ct ctinsider.com/connecticut/ar…

Yup! Trees, especially mature ones, are part of nature-based solutions to climate change. Let's stop cutting thousands of acres of them down, Connecticut! Here are 25 tree facts from the Arbor Day Foundation, at arborday.org/trees/treefact…

A report from Ball and Eunomia Research shows that deposit return programs and EPR for packaging boosts recycling rates. Read more: bit.ly/3S4vmqq

By becoming recyclers at school, kids can make recycling a regular habit at home too. Plus, it helps the environment! Check out our Recycling Impact Calculator to see how much of an impact school recycling programs can make for your school: bit.ly/489TWvt