Guilford/Madison Pilot
Program Details
Connecticut is Facing a Trash Crisis
Waste disposal capacity in the US is shrinking.
The New England region is expected to lose 40% of its trash disposal capacity in the next 5 years and up to 100% by 2040.
The MIRA incinerator in Hartford, is no longer burning trash. Thirty-five communities in the state relied on that facility for trash disposal and now that material is brought to the remaining facilities, increasing pricing for all CT municipalities, including Guilford and Madison.
Siting a new incinerator or landfill in our Town is not a good option.
The alternative of trucking CT trash up to 600 miles out of state is expensive and not sustainable. We need a new approach.
We Need to Reduce Waste
Food scraps make up 20% of the waste we currently throw away and can easily be converted to energy and compost right here in Connecticut.
Weekly Curbside Food Scrap Co-Collection would allow residents to recycle their food scraps with no additional transportation costs.
Removing food waste from the trash and converting those scraps into clean, renewable energy can save us money.
Guilford and Madison Are Being Proactive
Both Guilford and Madison received grants from DEEP to implement a co-collection pilot program in their communities
The pilot program will allow the Towns and our residents to try the program before deciding if we want to make it permanent. The co-collection pilot program is free to participating households.
Participating households will co-collect trash and food scraps in special color-coded trash bags provided by the Towns.
It Will Be Easy to Participate
Participating households will receive an allotment of free colored-coded bags for the duration of the pilot:
1 green (8-gallon) food scrap bag per week for food scraps
2 orange (15-gallon) tall kitchen bags per week for non-recyclable household trash
Recycling of paper & cardboard and bottles & cans will continue as usual.
Residents should tie and close each of the orange and green bags and place out for collection each week.
The same truck will pick up the bags and bring them to a facility so that the food scraps can be captured and converted to green energy.
Learn more at the links at the top of the page!
Town of Guilford, CT
For more information, please contact
Guilford Town Hall
31 Park Street
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 453-8015
Guilford Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm
Town of Madison, CT
For more information, please contact
Madison Department of Public Works
8 Campus Drive
Madison, CT 06443
(203) 245-5611
Madison Public Works is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30am to 4pm. Friday from 8:30am-noon.