Recycling bins for special events, concerts, fairs, and festivals are now available to Connecticut communities through a grant that DEEP received from Keep America Beautiful and Anheuser-Busch Foundation.  The Lend-A-Bin Grant provided the state of CT with 200 ClearStream recycling bins for use by municipalities and civic groups to improve recycling collection at special events.  Municipalities are tasked with improving recycling and waste diversion in their communities, and this Special Events Recycling Bin Loan Program provides them with basic infrastructure to implement successful beverage container diversion programs.  

If your group would like to borrow recycling bins for your special event, please contact the person responsible for the bins in your region below.  Bins are available to any special event within the state of Connecticut and your event is not limited to borrowing from a particular location.  Borrowers must schedule a pick-up and drop-off with the town contact listed below.  The bins will be loaned out on a first come, first served basis.  The Recycling Bin Locations may also have guidelines for borrowing the bins which you will be required to comply with.

Recycling Bin borrowers are required to complete the ClearStream Bin - Event Recycling Survey  after each event to comply with DEEP grant requirements.

Recycling at Events: A Guide to Reducing Waste at Any Event  (Recycling Advocates)

Putting the Environment Center Stage: A Special Events Recycling Resource Kit  (Ecology Action)

Guide to Waste Reduction and Recycling at Special Events - Business and the Environment: Solutions for a Changing World   (Xerox)

Green n' Clean, A manual for music and arts festivals (A Greener Festival)

Recycle On-The-Go, Venue-Specific Resources (U.S. EPA)

Special Events Recycling Guide  (Georgia Department of Community Affairs)

Additional Resources

Recycling at Special Events, Brochure (CT DEEP)

Recycling at Special Events, Slide Presentation (CT DEEP)

An Inside Guide to Event Recycling, Article (Resource Recycling, reprinted with permission)

Venue Recycling in the U.S.A.: A Report on the Potential Recovery of Beverage Containers at Venues and Events (NAPCOR)

What Do I Do With…?  (CT DEEP)

Local Municipal Recycling Coordinators in Connecticut  (CT DEEP)

Venues and Events: Reducing Waste  (CalRecycle)

How to Green Your Wedding (Grist)

Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator (U.S. EPA)

Single Serve Recycling Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Venue and Event Recycling (NAPCOR)

Zero Waste  (CT DEEP)

Recycling 2010 Public Act 10-87, Slide Presentation, SWAC, May 2010  (CT DEEP)

Public Act 10-87, Slide Presentation about Recycling in Public Places/Special Events, CRC, November 2010 (Diane Duva)

Park and Event Recycling, Slide Presentation, CRC November 2010, (Brooks Parker, Town of Manchester)

Park Recycling in Mansfield, Slide Presentation, CRC November 2010, (Ginny Walton, Town of Mansfield)

Festival on the Green - A Low Waste Event, Slide Presentation, CRC November 2010, (Ginny Walton, Town of Mansfield)

Possible Equipment Funding Sources

Fundraising/Grantwriting Resources (CT Non-Profit Information Network)

Grantseekers Resources  (CT Council of Philanthropy)

Community Foundations in Connecticut  (CT Council of Philanthropy)