In 2011 the Town of Fairfield expanded its recycling program to a single stream recycling system to increase the amount of residential and commercial recyclables and adhere to the updated State municipal and business recycling and collection law (Public Act 10-87).
The Town, the Solid Waste Recycling Director and the Commission would like to thank the residents for their effort this year. As is the case with any new program the new system has been omewhat of a challenge. So to help the community with this very importantinitiative here’s the How?, What?, Why? of Single Stream Recycling.
HOW? Recycling has never been simpler:
*Households CAN recycle 90% of materials together
in the same container.
*Recycle newspaper in separate container or paper
bag.
*Recycled material must be rinsed or unsoiled.
*Use a covered container(s) to hold the
recyclable materials.
*Recycling container should be clearly marked as
such.
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WHAT? The single stream system recycling program to includes:
*All plastic containers #1 - #7 (laundry, milk,
syrup, etc.).
*Paperboard (tissue, cereal, product boxes, etc.).
*Laminated containers (dairy, juice box, etc.).
*Aluminum foil and cans.
*Paper (junk mail, magazines, non-foil gift
paper, white paper, newspaper).
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WHY?
Benefits of the single stream system:
*Increase residential and commercial recycling.
*Single stream recycling reduces trash. Tip: Reuse
a trash container for recycling! (mark it “Recycling”).
*Reduce Town trash disposal costs.
*Support and strengthen resource recovery businesses.
*Reduce energy use and natural resources in manufacturing process.
*Improve the air, water and soil quality.
For information on the additional items you can recycle at the Fairfield transfer station go to the Solid Waste Recycling on www.Fairfieldct.org or call 203-256-3023. To learn more about recycling visitEPA.gov/Waste.
