Soon Chester, Deep River, and Essex residents will be able to recycle all plastic containers – not just those numbered 1 and 2 – in recycling bins.
The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority will install additional sorting equipment at its Mid-Connecticut Project recycling processing center to accept all seven types of plastic. The CRRA Board of Directors has voted to spend $65,000 for the new equipment, which is expected to be operational early in 2010.
“For years, people have wanted us to take all their plastic containers, not just the 1s and 2s,” said Thomas D. Kirk, CRRA president. “We’re excited to grant their wishes.”
Recycling of these additional materials became possible when markets for plastics numbered 3 through 7 developed to the point where reliable long-term customers for these materials were available. Recycling depends on the ability to sell recycled materials to processors who manufacture them into new products. Those revenues enable CRRA to operate the recycling program without charging towns a disposal fee for their recyclables.
CRRA advises residents not to place these additional plastics into recycling bins until the new equipment is operational in 2010.
Links:
Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority
This weekend is your chance to get rid of old consumer electronics. On Saturday, October 31st, from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m., bring your unwanted consumer electronics to the Essex Transfer Station on Dump Road to have those items properly recycled.
There is no charge for residents in Chester, Deep River, and Essex. The following items are accepted:
- Answering machines
Camcorders
Compact disc players
Copiers
Duplicators
Electric typewriters
Fax machines
Hard drives
Laptops
Mainframe computers
Mobile telephones
Modems
Microwave ovens
Pagers
Personal computers (CPU, monitors, keyboards, mouses and peripherals)
Printers
Printed circuit boards
Radios
Remote controls
Stereos
Tape players
Telephones and telephone equipment
Televisions
Testing equipment
Transparency makers
Uninterruptible power supplies
VCRs
Word processors
Links:
CRRA Info Page on Electronics Recycling
