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A new bill in the Connecticut General Assembly would require schools to separate and recycle organic refuse if their districts sit within 20 miles of an authorized composting facility and produce at least 26 tons of food waste annually.
Food scraps alone represent 22% of residential trash and are one of the heavier materials regularly thrown away, according to DEEP. Removing them from the waste stream reduces the costs of disposal as municipalities pay by weight in the state.
You are never too young to help take care of our planet, and at one West Hartford school, kids are doing just that. Hundreds of students in kindergarten through.