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We do agree that waste reduction should be part of the overall solution to reduce rising local costs.

Ditch the plastic and opt for reusable

Internal records suggest the company understood the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change, and chose to bury that research

Disposing of trash is costing all the towns in Connecticut a lot of money

One step closer to a more sustainable future

Styrofoam fills as much as 30 percent of total landfill volume

We have to do everything we can to take care of Mother Earth

The Representative Town Meeting unanimously passed a groundbreaking town ordinance.

"If we expect Mother Earth to take care of us, we have to take care of her,”

- Mayor Harry Rilling.

This change will result in significant cost increases for local governments.

The Common Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to pass an ordinance that would prohibit stores and restaurants from using plastic carryout bags, effective six months — July 8 — from the vote.

NORWALK — Ripka's Beach Cafe at Calf Pasture Beach has heeded the environmental call to make the switch away from plastic straws, but it took six months of hard work.....

A movement to ban plastic bags that harm fish and other wildlife in Long Island Sound is slowly gaining traction along Connecticut’s shoreline.

Earlier this week Starbucks announced their decision to discontinue the use of all plastic straws in their 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020 in the hopes of creating less plastic waste. The company believes the move will eliminate more than 1 billion straws a year. 

Midway between California and Hawaii, a mass of plastic debris three times the size of France floats beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, strangling sea creatures and killing coral reefs.

NORWALK — Bar Sugo offers a negroni, sangria and its own take on a Manhattan. But there’s one thing you will not find at the Wall Street restaurant — a plastic straw. Instead, signature cocktails…