The
purpose of North Branford’s Solid/Hazardous Waste and Recycling Committee is to
develop and implement environmentally sound solutions and best practices for
solid waste disposal and recycling management on behalf of our town. We
hope that this information will assist you in our efforts. In addition to this website, residents can
get information from the Recycling Hotline: 203-484-4091. This is a recording
only; you cannot speak to anyone at this number. If you would like to contact the committee with a question about recycling, or volunteer to help in one of our activities, email us by clicking here. If you have a question specifically about trash (garbage), please call John's Refuse at 203-484-0281.
Recycling
News
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Simple Recycling Weekly Curbside Collection Program restarted
our town’s pink bag
pickup program June 1st.
Thank you for your continued support of
this program!
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Next Electronics
Recycling
Saturday July 11, 2020 9:00 AM - Noon
North Branford Recycling Center (Public Works - Route 22)
Please do not leave e-waste (including TVs, computers,
printers) curbside;
it will not get picked up!
***Mattress and Box Spring collection & recycling***
Drop off
your old mattresses and box springs at no
charge;
items
should not be wet or excessively soiled.
All Items for drop off
need to be accessible in vehicle trunk or truck bed.
Please remain in
vehicle while at the recycling event.
Keep safe distance
between vehicles.
Thank you for your
cooperation!
Call for more info at recycling hotline: 203-484-4091
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HazWaste Central Open for the Season
o All
HazWaste Central participants are required to pre-register online. Paper forms
will not be available.
o Household
hazardous waste items must be accessible in the trunk or truck bed of your
vehicle.
o Participants
are asked to wear a face mask while at the HazWaste Central facility and to
stay in their vehicles.
o Containers
used to transport waste items will not be returned. Please bring items in
disposable containers.
For more information go to www.rwater.com, call 203-401-2712or email ask.hazwaste@rwater.com
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Due to Health Crisis
Plastic Film Drop Off Suspended
Please save
plastic film at home until further notice.
Updates soon on
program restart.
Thank You!
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NEXT BULKY WASTE PICKUP (TWICE A
YEAR)
Week of November 9th on your
scheduled pickup day
*No home cleanouts*
Hello
Everyone,
The
HazWaste Central (HWC) 2020 collection season will kick off this Saturday, May
30, 2020, celebrating 30 years of protecting the environment.
This
year, we will follow social distancing practices and additional safety
procedures to protect the health of our customers and employees. HWC will not
use volunteers to assist with directing traffic or helping incoming residents
on collection days as we have in the past. An agreement has been reached with
Clean Harbors Environmental Services whereby they will provide two additional
workers to help greet incoming residents and verify the type and quantity of
waste being dropped off. Clean Harbors will provide this service for free until
July 1, 2020, at which time this service and its cost will be evaluated.
Signs
will be posted along the traffic pattern indicating delivery instructions,
participating member towns, the sign-in website and sign-in QR code to minimize
interaction with customers. Paper forms will be eliminated and all customers
will be required to sign-in online from their computer or smart phone. This
will be accomplished by using a Smartsheet
form that HWC began using two years ago. The mechanism is already
functional and we know it provides the necessary municipal participation data.
The
HazWaste Coordinator will wear gloves, a mask and face-covering shield, and will
remain at least six feet from residents’ vehicles. Each resident will be
directed to the off-loading area where Clean Harbors’ employees, wearing
appropriate PPE, will remove the household hazardous waste from the resident’s
trunk or truck bed and direct the resident to exit the property.
As
a reminder, the current municipal membership resolutions will expire on June
30, 2020. If you haven’t already sent in your updated resolution for the July
1, 2020 – June 30, 2023 term, please do so as soon as possible. Also, the next
Municipal Planning Committee is June 23, 2020. I expect that this will be a
virtual meeting. I’ll send updated information and the agenda in the coming
weeks.
Please
let me know if you have any questions. I can be reached at 203-889-1981.
Best
regards,
Lori Vitagliano
Government and Public Relations Specialist
South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
PLEASE NOTE: Change in Bulky Waste Pickup
The NEW BULKY WASTE PICK UP schedule is as follows: the next bulky waste pickup will be the week of November 9-13, 2020, on your normal trash day.(No home clean outs).
Examples of bulky
waste are couches, mattress, rugs, and wooden furniture.
The Town DOES
NOT accept TV's, VCR's, computers the next electronic collection will be November 7, 2020 at Public Works from 9am-12noon
The Town DOES NOT accept vehicle parts and tires, construction or
demolition debris.
PLEASE NOTE: Large home clean outs are UNACCEPTABLE as curbside waste and will NOT be picked up.
Any Questions: Please call Michelle Knockwood, Purchasing Assistant/Risk Manager 203-484-6005
North
Branford Fall Leaf Collection
North Branford residents can bring
their leaves to the leaf drop off center located at the Public Works Facility
on Route 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the following Saturdays: October 17, 24, 31 November 7, 14, and 21. Follow the signs. Please
place leaves in biodegradable brown leaf bags or empty them loose onto the
ground.
As a
reminder, we are always looking for volunteers to help out at the leaf drop off
center.
For more information, please call the
recycling hotline at 203-484-4091
"Please
Don't Feed the Storm Drain"
Storm
drains are designed to only carry rainfall runoff from our streets into our
local waterways.
Anything
but water can contribute to water pollution and drainage issues. Help avoid
potential flooding by clearing snow and ice in the winter months from around
storm drains. Snow, ice and debris can interfere with drainage and clog storm
drains causing hazardous street flooding and freezing.
Remember:
Only Rain in the Drain!
The North Branford Solid/Hazardous Waste and Recycling Committee's
Plastic Film Recycling Program
Grocers
and retailers are accepting plastic bags such as grocery bags, newspaper
sleeves, produce bags, bread bags, dry cleaning bags, ice bags, wood
pellet bags, salt bags, and zipper bags for
recycling. They also accept plastic wraps from water bottle cases, diapers,
bathroom tissue, and paper towels, as well as bubble wrap and shipping pillows. Plastic bags with recycling symbols #2 or #4 ARE accepted. Plastic bags with recycling symbols #5 or #7 (i.e. salad and
grape bags), snack bags (potato chips, popcorn, and candy), pet food bags, frozen food bags, and any bags with food residue are NOT accepted. Plastic bags and wraps get recycled into products such as new
grocery bags, benches, and decking.
That’s quite a list of items that are currently going in the trash that can be recycled. However, they cannot go into your blue recycling bin.
There are bins to collect these items are located around town: Country Paint and Hardware, T.J’s
Launderette, Town Hall, Atwater and Smith Libraries, STW Community Center, Northford Store and The Food Pantry of North Branford.
If
you cannot make it to the above locations, please bring these items to
Big Y, Stop and Shop, Target, and/or Wal-Mart. There are bins in the
front of each store for plastic bag and plastic film recycling.
The plastic bags and wraps must be clean and dry and placed in storefront
recycling bins.
For more information like us on Facebook at North Branford CT Hazardous Waste & Recycling Committee.
The First Bench earned for the Town from the Plastic Film Collection.
The School to Work students that helped with the collection.
The ReCONNstruction
Center is looking for your old windows, doors, appliances, cabinets, sinks,
lighting, paint, hardware, etc.
This is a non-profit
"Green Charitable” organization with a mission to reduce the waste of natural
resources through re-use of building
materials.
Drop off items or call
to arrange for pickup of your donations:
731 New Britain Ave,
Newington, CT (Twin City Plaza) 860-597-3390
Check their website for
more information at:
www.ReCONNstructionCenter.org
The
Regional Water Authority is continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and
adapting to protect the health and safety of our customers, employees and
communities. The HazWaste Central (HWC) 2020 collection season is currently
scheduled to begin on May 16, 2020. After much consideration, we will be
postponing the opening of the HWC 2020 season to at least May 30, 2020, to
follow the social distancing recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and others. We will continue monitoring the COVID-19
pandemic in Connecticut and if necessary, may further delay the HWC opening to
continue protecting the health of our customers, employees and HWC volunteers.
The
HWC season opening newspaper ad is ready to be submitted once the final date is
determined. When we are confident that it will be safe to open the collection
center, the newspaper ad will be updated to reflect the opening date. At that
time, I’ll also share an electronic copy of the advertisement with you. We will
also post information on our website and social media channels to make
customers aware of the delayed opening.
While
HWC is not yet opened, we know that many people are at home doing spring
cleaning and may have questions about any old, expired chemicals they find. For
that reason, please let residents of your community know they can reach out to
us with their questions at 203-401-2712, or email ask.hazwaste@rwater.com. We will also
be sharing helpful tips on household hazardous waste management to the RWA’s
Facebook page. I encourage you to direct residents to this page for
information and share any helpful posts to your community’s social media
accounts.
When
the collection center is open for business, social distancing practices will be
encouraged as part of routine operations. Paper user-questionnaires will be
eliminated and all customers will be asked to sign in electronically using
their smartphone or home computer. HWC began using this online sign-in option
two years ago. The mechanism is already functional and we know it provides the
necessary municipal participation data. We will be evaluating a back-up process
to assist customers that are unable to use the electronic sign-in function.
HazWaste Central's open on May 16th for the Season
Located
right behind the Regional Water Authority’s headquarters,
90
Sargent Drive, New Haven
Hours
are 9am to noon - Saturdays through October 26th, 2019
Note: Center is closed for the
Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day holiday weekends.
You’ve asked what happens
to the hazardous waste that is dropped off and here’s the answer:
"Clean Harbors
Environmental Services of New Britain, CT removes household hazardous wastes
from your car, identifies it, enters it into a record keeping system and packs
it into a 55-gallon drum of similar wastes.
They transport the drums to federally approved disposal sites. Some
materials from HazWaste Central are incinerated in special facilities approved
for disposal of hazardous wastes. Others are placed in special landfills. When
possible, materials from HazWaste Central are recycled or reused.”
Want to volunteer?
Call
203-401-2712 or email ask.hazwaste@rwater.com for information
about becoming a HazWaste Central Volunteer.
Can’t
Remember the Last Time You Used a Phone Book?
Then
It’s Time to Opt Out
Unwanted phone books are waste of resources.
Phone books in the US
use an estimated 4.68 million trees worth of wood fiber annually; that equals a forest
the size of 14 football fields every single day!
Here’s how you can opt
out:
1. Visit yellowpagesoptout.com
2.
Enter your zip code and create an account
3.
After completing registration, click "opt out of or order
directories"
4.
Choose "opt out of all" option, then "save changes" and click CONFIRM