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City staff seek state grant to build food-scrap sorting facility at New Haven transfer station
Summary
City sustainability staff told the City Services and Environmental Policy Committee the administration has applied for Connecticut DEEP materials-management infrastructure funding to build a food-scrap diversion sorting facility at the New Haven transfer station.
New Haven officials told the City Services and Environmental Policy Committee they have applied for Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) materials-management infrastructure funding to build a food-scrap diversion sorting facility at the city transfer station.
Hannah Zoh, Sustainability Policy Analyst and engagement coordinator for the city of New Haven, described the proposal as a way to separate co-collected organics from the mixed waste stream at the transfer station using a sorting pit, conveyor and bays where workers would remove food-scrap bags before the remaining waste continues to disposal. "Connecticut is currently in a waste disposal crisis due to the closure of Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority at Hartford with tipping fees reaching…
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