The state awarded over $575,000 through the Sustainable Materials Management Grant program to cut costs and reduce the amount of trash by recycling food scraps.
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WOODBURY — Representatives from the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments presented an update on Woodbury’s Sustainable Materials Management Grant of $154,000 to the Board of Selectmen at a meeting on
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.