State DEEP Awards Recycling Grant to Mansfield

The Town of Mansfield is one of seven communities that will receive a Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) grants to enhance local waste reduction, reuse and recycling programs.

“These seven communities have already demonstrated a real commitment to a 21st century materials management strategy,” DEEP Commissioner Robert Klee said in a statement. “With the support of this new grant funding, these cities and towns can move forward to further reduce the volume of trash we dispose of and put to productive use more of the discarded materials found in our waste stream.”

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Mansfield will receive a $14,490 grant.

Here what the DEEP said about the town’s recycling programs when it announced the award:

“Mansfield operates a very successful curbside and transfer station unit-based pricing program, which manages solid waste like a utility where users pay for trash based on how much they dispose. Mansfield also requires its recycling coordinator to sign-off on all commercial building permits to ensure that proper recycling plans are in place. The town also established one of the most innovative new programs in the state – a “repair café”, to promote repair and reuse of unwanted materials and items.”