Connecticut businesses are facing challenges as traditional options for disposing of municipal solid waste (MSW) are diminishing or becoming more expensive and costs continue to increase for waste disposal. Every year, CET provides free support to over 100 Connecticut businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle. We are an environmental non-profit working with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and want to offer our grant-funded services to your network.  

Use the tools below to connect businesses with assistance to reduce waste, improve their bottom line, improve employee job satisfaction, and respond to customer demands for sustainable practices.

Are you looking for ways to save money, improve employee job satisfaction, and integrate sustainable practices into your business? The Center for EcoTechnology (CET) is here to help! With support from Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, CET offers easy, practical solutions to businesses and institutions across Connecticut at no-cost. With this support, a CET waste reduction expert will meet with you and provide custom recommendations to help you identify more beneficial uses for your surplus and waste. Still wondering if this is right for you? Check out their opens in a new windowsuccess stories to hear from your peers! Their experts are available at reducewastect@cetonline.org and 888-410-3827, or opens in a new windowclick here to learn more or get started. 

Connecticut businesses are facing waste reduction challenges: traditional options for waste disposal are diminishing or becoming more expensive, and costs continue to increase. Recently, I learned that we have a resource to help businesses tackle this problem. With support from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, CET has provided free support to nearly 100 Connecticut businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle. An environmental non-profit, they offer free assistance that centers the business, looking at waste through a lens that saves money, improves employee job satisfaction, and integrates sustainable practices into the day-to-day.

CET provides custom recommendations to help identify more beneficial uses for your surplus and waste. When visiting their website (centerforecotechnology.org/ctwasteassistance), you can see the opportunities for numerous materials. From finding ways to properly divert wasted food, improving recycling systems, and donating building materials from construction and renovation projects (did you know that up to 70% of home building materials can be recycled?).

Handling our waste with care is a way to take care of our community. It opens the door for more food donation, less strain on our landfills, and has the potential to improve the bottom line of our local businesses. Connecticut businesses can take advantage of this free service by email or phone: reducewastect@cetonline.org or 888-410-3827.

Looking to find more beneficial uses for your surplus or waste materials? The [tag] Center for EcoTechnology (CET) is available to assist! CET is under contract with the [tag] Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) to help Connecticut businesses and institutions reduce waste. As a nonprofit with over 45 years of expertise, their staff helps businesses and institutions evaluate opportunities to reduce, rescue, or recycle waste materials such as organics, cardboard, building materials, and more. Contact CET at 888-410-3827 or visit centerforecotechnology.org/ctwasteassistance to learn more or get started. 

Are you a business looking for waste alternatives? @cetonline offers free assistance! CET is under contract with @CTDEEPNews to help CT businesses reduce, rescue, or recycle organics, cardboard, building materials, and more. 888-410-3827 or visit shorturl.at/bhJ03

Waste Free Greenwich (WFG) and CET teamed up to launch the Greenwich Food Matters Challenge. The goal of the challenge was to help local restaurants reduce food waste through prevention, reuse, and recycling. Through on-site evaluations, CET provided participants with individualized recommendations for implementing and expanding food-saving measures. Learn more here.

Renovations are exciting, but they can also cause a lot of waste. Did you know that around 600 million tons of construction and demolition materials are thrown away in the U.S. every year? This webinar addresses deconstruction best practices and homeowner incentives in Connecticut.