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It Pays to Recycle in Killingworth
Town to receive $3K from Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority
Killingworth is among 64 municipalities across Connecticut getting rebates from the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority for its recycling efforts last year. More than $415,000 — $5 for every ton of recyclables delivered to the CRRA by June 20, 2010 — was approved Feb. 24 by its Board of Directors.
Killingworth sent 630.90 tons of recyclables, triggering a payment of $3,154.50. According to the CRRA, money for the rebates comes from revenues it receives from the sale of recycled commodities. By not sending that waste to the Mid-Connecticut Project trash-to-energy plant, CRRA reports, the towns saved more than $5.7 million in disposal fees.
Single-stream recycling (in which all recyclables are placed in one bin and sorted by state-of-the-art machinery) began in the state in 2008. Last year, the CRRA began accepting #3 (vinyl and PVC, found in shampoo cooking oil bottles) and #7 (miscellaneous, found in sunglasses and DVDs) plastics.
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Overall, Killingworth recycled 193 pounds per resident.
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