Phone: 203-256-3023
The Town of Fairfield Solid Waste & Recycling Department has received inquiries from Fairfield Businesses regarding recycling. In the State of Connecticut the Waste Stream has two components:
- Solid Waste, which is taken to a Trash–to-Energy incinerator, which incinerates the trash and makes electricity. However, the municipalities are charged a fee to dispose of the trash, which in turn, we charge the haulers to dispose of the trash, which in turn they charge you the business, for disposal.
- Recyclables, the State of Connecticut Statutes and the Town of Fairfield Regulations require these items to be separated from Solid Waste:
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- Plastic containers with a number 1 or 2
- Glass and metal food and beverage containers, empty aerosol cans
- Newspaper
- White office paper (residences exempt)
- Corrugated cardboard
- Electronic Devices, which means Cell Phones, Radios, Stereos, Computers, Televisions, and other Electronic Devices, Fluorescent Light Bulbs or Lamps. Mercury, Thermometers or Thermostats are hazardous waste. Businesses need to find a private collector for these items
- Scrap metal
- Waste oil and antifreeze. Businesses need to find a private collector for these items
- Lead acid storage batteries. Businesses need to find a private collector for these items
- Ni-Cd rechargeable lithium batteries. Businesses need to find a private collector for these items
- Leaves must be brought to the Yard Waste facility, or composted on site.
- Grass clippings are prohibited from disposal at solid waste facilities, but can be brought to the Yard Waste facility.
In Connecticut, recycling is State law! Obviously, some of these items above will not apply to certain businesses, but all businesses generate trash and recyclables. Above, these items required to be recycled in accordance with Section 22a-208v and Section 22a-256a of the Connecticut General Statutes and Section 22a-241b of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies.