The Town Of Chester Has Joined The CCSMM

CHESTER, CT — With an eye towards helping to find new ways to dispose of trash in the state, while at the same time reducing the amount of waste generated in Connecticut, the Chester Board of Selectman decided, at their last meeting, to join the Connecticut Coalition for Sustainable Materials Management (CCSMM).

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection DEEP invited Chester to be part of the coalition that the neighboring towns of Essex and Deep River are already members of. Now Chester has gotten on board, to lend a hand in coming up with a solution to the problem of trash in Connecticut.

“We don’t want our waste disposal costs to skyrocket and double,” said Chester First Selectwoman Lauren Gister. “The CCSMM is a no cost, all hands-on deck [coalition] to solve our waste management problem by finding solutions to implement.”

The decision to join the CCSM was unanimous.

Waste disposal in the state is a problem that is at the forefront of discussion currently, especially now that the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) incinerator in Hartford is set to close within the next year. CCSM is working with towns throughout the state to come up with methods to reduce waste, improve recycling organics collection and other pioneering solutions to trash removal in the nutmeg state. The goal is to provide environmental sustainability, system reliability and fiscal predictability for municipalities throughout Connecticut.