Meriden, CT evaluates the impacts of food scrap diversion during Co-Collection Pilot Program

Meriden, CT Food Scrap Co-Collection Pilot Program

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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and HQ Dumpsters are working with the city on the four-month pilot. One thousand households received 8-ounce green bags and advice from program volunteers. Participants place bagged food scraps in the same bins as the orange bags used for landfill waste. Collected materials are sent to Quantum Power for use as biogas. This pilot will produce data on the scale and types of food waste typically sent to landfills.

Waste Management Environmental Services Public Private Partnership (PPP)Pilot / POC

Meriden, CT

Municipality in Connecticut

United States

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DEEP and City of Meriden Announce Food Scrap Co-Collection Pilot Program

(HARTFORD)— The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the City of Meriden announced today the launch of “Making Meriden Green,” a first-of-its-kind municipal food scrap co-collection pilot program that will demonstrate how waste diversion and reduction solutions can help to address the statewide waste disposal crisis.

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