Robert Miller: A coalition s effort to improve CT recycling
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Newspapers, cans, bottles and other recycled material sits in a huge pile at the Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Connecticut recycling facility on White Street in Danbury.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo
In 1991, the state passed its mandatory recycling law.
In the three decades that have passed, much has changed. But not the laws, or people’s habits. They pull their garbage and recyclables to the curb for pick-up and think they’ve done their part.
“Something like 85 percent of people in the state want to recycle properly and they think they are doing it properly,” said Bethel First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker.