This Saturday! Residential Electronics Recycling & Small Metal Collections at Brixton Street - Don't forget!

Residential Electronics Recycling Collection
 
Saturday, November 1st
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Public Works Facility, 17 Brixton Street
 
The Residential Electronics Recycling Collection includes computers, monitors, printers, cell phones, TVs, VCRs, copiers, fax machines, radios, stereos, telephones, electric typewriters, answering machines, copiers, pagers, modems, tape players, compact fluorescent light bulbs and nickel cadmium batteries (rechargeable). All information contained on hard drives is erased to the Department of Defense standards. E-Waste material collected is not shipped to third world countries where environmental safe practices are not followed. No appliances (other than microwaves) or Freon-containing equipment will be accepted. Proof of residency will be verified at the event. NO COMMERCIAL ELECTRONICS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Proof of residency is required.

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The Small Metal Collection
 
Saturday, November 1st
9:00 AM to Noon
Public Works Facility, 17 Brixton Street
 
The intent of the small metal collection program was to allow residents with small metal items, such as coffee pots, pots and pans and items of similar size, the opportunity to recycle those items instead of disposing of them with their regular refuse. Only Items that can fit inside in a town-issued blue recycling bin, or a bin of similar size, will be accepted. The contents of the bin cannot weigh more than 60 pounds.

Please contact the Department of Public Works at 561-8100 for additional information. Please note items listed on the bulk metal collection <http://www.west-hartford.com/bulkywaste/AcceptedMetalItems.asp > > web page requiring a collection permit are no longer be accepted at the small metal collections.

Thank you for your environmental concern - and REMEMBER TO REDUCE, REUSE, AND RECYCLE; it's a first step towards a more sustainable world.

Don't Forget! Park River and Trout Brook clean-up part of Source-to-Sea event

The Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative and REI West Hartford are
partnering on Park River and Trout Brook cleanups that will be held in
conjunction with the 21st annual Farmington River Watershed Association
Clean-up and the 12th annual Connecticut River Watershed Council’s “Source
to the Sea” cleanup on Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at two locations:

WHERE: MORNING
9:00am – 11:30 am along the NORTH Park River – meet at UConn Law School,
east parking lot. The address to the entrance of this parking lot is
100 Sherman Street, Hartford, Ct

and/or
AFTERNOON
1:00pm – 3:30 am along the SOUTH Branch and Trout Brook – meet at Beachland
Park in West Hartford (S. Quaker Lane). Groups will work along Trout Brook
as it travels south into Hartford, so as to link up with the Trinity College
Green Campus group that will be working in the Park River's South Branch at
Newfield Avenue.

WHO: Volunteer of all ages, individuals and groups, interested in learning
more about area waterways. Families are welcome, with special assignments
for youth volunteers.

Letters can be provided to verify community service participation.

WHAT TO WEAR:
Volunteers ought to wear long sleeved shirts, pants and socks (deter poison
ivy) and boots with thick soles. Volunteers may bring their own gloves and
waders.

Mary Rickel Pelletier  (860) 881-5089
Project Director, Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative
www.parkriver.org
in collaboration with the Farmington River Watershed Association

For additional locations
in the Farmington River Watershed, see www.frwa.org
And along the Connecticut River, see www.ctriver.org

 

Home Energy Efficiency Forum - Oct 8

Electricity rates are rising. Home heating oil prices are skyrocketing. Natural gas prices continue to climb. What's a person to do? Sustainable West Hartford, the West Hartford Clean Energy Task Force and Clean Water Action invite the public to a forum on home energy efficiency options on Wednesday, October 8, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the West Hartford Town Hall Auditorium, 50 South Main Street, West Hartford.

Join us at this forum and learn how to save money on energy costs with programs free to some CT residents, discover practical ways to increase energy efficiency in your home or apartment and get the inside scoop on financing and additional incentives available to help you make these improvements, many which are free of charge.

Presenters include Roger Smith, Campaign Director for Clean Water Action and Paul Popinchalk, Energy Engineer with VanZelm Heywood & Shadford. Both are members of the WH Clean Energy Task Force and Sustainable West Hartford.

Admission to the forum is free and open to the public. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Chris Corcoran at 860-232-6232 or ccorcoran@cleanwater.org.

CT Transit Public Meeting for Bus Service Improvements (Tonight OCT 1, 5:30)

CTTRANSIT is holding a Public Meeting on Wednesday, October 1, from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Hartford Public Library main branch at 500 Main Street, Hartford.

The meeting will give CTTRANSIT bus users an opportunity to make suggestions for changes and share ideas for improvements. CTTRANSIT customers from all areas are encouraged to attend.

State, regional and local officials will be there to listen to suggestions and concerns.  There will be someone at the meeting to translate comments or questions received in Spanish. 

The Central Branch of Hartford Public Library is located along many bus routes. There is an entrance to the library on Main Street. The library is accessible for persons with disabilities.

Persons requiring auxiliary aids (such as sign language services) should call 860-522-8101, ext. 221 or email ggregg@cttransit.com before September 24.  A Spanish translator will be at the meeting.

To get the ball rolling, here’s one idea:  Create simpler schedules and maps, and clearer names of bus routes.  Compare Boston’s online interface (http://www.mbta.com/, then click on BUS) with CT Transit’s (http://www.cttransit.com/RoutesSchedules/index.asp).

CTTRANSIT is the state-owned bus transit system serving the greater Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden, Bristol and Wallingford areas.