 Exciting things are happening at #LedyardTownCouncil! Thank you to Town Councilor Carmen Garcia Irizarry for her hard work to bring the Food Scrap Recycling Pilot Program to Ledyard! The new, free food scrap recycling pilot program began July 30th, 2024. Residents can bring their food waste to the Transfer Station and deposit them in one of the bins specifically marked for food waste. Blue Earth will pick up the food waste weekly. The program is free to all town residents with a proof of residency. Starter kits are available at the Transfer Station and during the Ledyard Farmers Market on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 from 4-7pm on the Town Green. The first 100 residents will get a roll of 25 compostable bags and a larger 6-gallon bin to place food scraps for free by visiting the Transfer Station (www.ledyardct.org/191/Transfer-Station). Starter kits are not required in order to participate. Let’s make this program a success and let’s divert out of the regular waste stream as much food as possible. Thank you for your participation! More information: Ledyard spends more than $1,000,000 per year on trash pick up and that number is only going to increase as time goes on. With the closure of some of the waste-to-energy plants in the state, CT sends out to other states 800 to 900 thousand tons of trash, due to lack of capacity available on the remaining waste to energy plants. Food waste is a big portion of our trash and it adds a lot of weight. We can all help address this problem! More information: Read more at the Day or at LedyardCT.org  Comments are closed.
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