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Commission hears plan to expand food-scrap collection and pilot composting at South School
Summary
Planet New Canaan will underwrite extra pickups so the town can move food-scrap collections to twice weekly; the commission also heard that South School will pilot a compost program as Connecticut’s commercial-organics law takes effect.
The New Canaan Conservation Commission on Feb. 13 heard updates on food-scrap collection and a plan to expand municipal organics pickup to twice weekly to meet rising demand.
Commissioners said the town currently collects about 1,500 pounds of food scraps per week at the transfer station and is hitting capacity. Planet New Canaan has agreed to pay the difference in tipping or…
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