Woodbury makes trash reduction program permanent

#MiddleburyCT #WoodburyCT #TrashReductionProgram Following a successful yearlong pilot funded by the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), the ... Continue Reading →

Attend trash programs

#MiddleburyCT #Trash #PilotProgram By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Town of Middlebury, with support from the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG), will host two events in September, ... Continue Reading →

Southbury starts food scraps program

#SouthburyCT #FoodScraps Food Scraps Recycling at the Southbury Transfer Station is quickly being embraced by Southbury residents. The program started July 1 and as of July 11 over ... Continue Reading →

Pick up free transfer station bags

#MiddleburyCT #TrashReduction #FoodWaste #TransferStation Friday, June 23, Waste Zero representatives were at the transfer station handing out boxes of orange and green trash bags to ... Continue Reading →

Now Here’s a Tip – September 28, 2021

#Middlebury Keep the yolks in hard-boiled eggs from crumbling by wetting your knife between slices. “Save plastic bags that cannot be recycled, and use them to collect food scraps ... Continue Reading →

Food scraps grow in saucer garden

#Middlebury When you think about gardening and preschoolers, a spindly bean sprout emerging from a half-pint cardboard milk carton might come to mind. Every child deserves to be initiated ... Continue Reading →

Cat raids trash can for kitchen scraps

#Middlebury #Cat DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My cat Blaze has figured out how to lift the lid on the kitchen trash can. He’ll hop in there at any opportunity to get at the food scraps. ... Continue Reading →