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RecycleCT

@Recycle_CT

RecycleCT, a CT DEEP statewide initiative, promotes the importance of recycling and encourages people to adopt recycling as part of their everyday lives.

 Connecticut
recyclect.com
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@iFixit18 Dec 2025
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
The same string light bulb fully inserted into a white socket, resting in the palm of a hand.

ALT The same string light bulb fully inserted into a white socket, resting in the palm of a hand.

Fingers holding a mini incandescent string light bulb removed from its white plastic socket, showing the internal filament.

ALT Fingers holding a mini incandescent string light bulb removed from its white plastic socket, showing the internal filament.

Small scissors cutting the white plastic socket from a string light cord while the bulb hangs above.

ALT Small scissors cutting the white plastic socket from a string light cord while the bulb hangs above.

Close-up of a hand holding a blue wire nut next to a white electrical wire with exposed copper strands.

ALT Close-up of a hand holding a blue wire nut next to a white electrical wire with exposed copper strands.

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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-l…
From trash to table: How CT is working to tackle a growing waste crisis

From trash to table: How CT is working to tackle a growing waste crisis

Connecticut is confronting a growing waste crisis, even as many families struggle with rising food costs. This hour, we dig into the policies working to reduce waste, expand food recovery and keep...

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CT NOFA@CTNOFA18 Aug 2025
Gather with fellow farm-based educators at this unique professional learning event, designed and delivered by FBEN program alumni. ctnofa.org/happening/rooted-…
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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.
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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
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It's a beautiful summer day to recycle glass! ♻️
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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.
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An article was recently published in the Suffield Observer discussing the success of the food scraps program at Spaulding Elementary School. thesuffieldobserver.com/2024…
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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
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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.
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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.
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CRI@CRI_Recycle9 Jan 2024
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…

Now worth a dime, bottles and cans pile up at Connecticut redemption centers

Redemption centers are handling two to three times their normal volume, after Connecticut raised the deposit on eligible bottles and cans to 10 cents on Jan. 1.

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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/treefacts…
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A report from Ball and Eunomia Research shows that deposit return programs and EPR for packaging boosts recycling rates. Read more: bit.ly/3S4vmqq
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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
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Know someone looking for a #funlearning, interactive #recycling #lessonplan? Great for any student 12+, the free worksheets and modules were designed to help teach the next generation of environmental stewards about illegal dumping, recycling, and the journey of 🗑️. Share it ...
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We are already looking forward to the 2024 CT #Compost Alliance Conference in March 2024 ☺️👩🏼‍🌾 #gardening #soil #environment
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#TriviaTuesday Holiday Edition! 🎄 Can you guess which holiday item is NOT recyclable?
29%Eggnog cartons
14%Non-shiny wrapping paper
57%Strings of lights & twine
0%Plain paper gift bags
7 votes • Final results
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#ThankYou to our partners and supporters that help keep our recycling network running in our program states. We couldn't do it without you! ♻️💚 #MattressRecycling
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Share our #illegaldumping PSA❗ Bye Bye Mattress, a program of the Mattress Recycling Council, has a new Public Service Announcement that tells how easy it is to recycle a mattress for #FREE. ♻ Share it with your friends and community!
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