Middletown's Feed The Earth Celebration Begins Thursday Afternoon

Middletown, CT – Middletown's Feed The Earth Celebration will highlight successes and ways to improve and garner more support to turn Middletown's waste into rich compost and energy.

The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 27, at Esca, 437 Main St., from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

"The City of Middletown is taking the waste crisis seriously," Chris Holden, Director of Middletown Public Works, said. "We are actively looking for ways to be more sustainable and control costs. For example, food scraps comprise almost a quarter of what is thrown away. By offering easy, accessible, and convenient ways for residents and businesses to separate food scraps, we can treat the scraps as a resource instead of a waste."

The city of Middletown said Connecticut's waste disposal has become more expensive and worse for the environment's health.

Amid this, Middletown is showing a path forward by making recycling and composting easier for residents and businesses.

Around 1,800 residents and 50 businesses participate in Feed the Earth and Reduce the Trash. For every ton collected for composting rather than as trash, the equivalent of 418 pounds of carbon dioxide is avoided from entering the atmosphere.

The city has also created a campaign to encourage reusable coffee cups rather than single-use ones.

At the transfer station and other "satellite" locations in Middletown, food scraps and other hard-to-recycle materials can be dropped off for proper disposal. These programs are available to all residents.

Interested residents and restaurants can learn more at https://www.middletownct.gov/1272/Feed-The-Earth-Middletown and www.blueearthcompost.com/feedtheearth.

Information on the curbside food waste collection program can be found at https://reducethetrashct.com/middletown/.

For more information, contact the city recycling coordinator at 860-638-4855.