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Connecticut Starts First State Mattress Recycling Program
2015-05-04 04:57:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.furnituretoday.com/">FurnitureToday.com</a> On May 1, Connecticut became the first state with a statewide recycling program for used mattresses and box springs. Known as Bye Bye Mattress, the program is administered by the Mattress Recycling Council, a nonprofit organization created by the mattress industry to develop and manage the state mattress recycling program mandated by law in 2013. read more
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Connecticut Electrician to Pitch Invention on 'Shark Tank'
2015-04-27 20:44:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
A Connecticut electrician will appear on the reality show "Shark Tank" on ABC on May 1 at 8 p.m. Content Classification: Curated read more
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Connecticut Fire Safety Bill Concerning Solar Panels Heads for Vote
2015-04-03 16:09:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
A version of Connecticut State Rep. Jay Cases firefighter-safety measure is two votes and a signature away from becoming law. read more
Environmental groups look to save Connecticut environmental agency
2015-03-24 21:32:45| Waste Management - Topix.net
Just three days after the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality released its latest assessment of the condition of the state's environment, more than two dozen environmental groups rallied to protect the small state agency from the budget chopping block. Calling it a "distressing situation for Connecticut's environment," Eric Hammerling, executive director of the Connecticut Forest & Park Association, on Friday released a copy of letter signed by 33 groups urging that the council remain an independent agency and that its $183,000 annual budget not be eliminated.
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Sugar tax a slurp closer for Connecticut
2015-03-09 06:24:17| Beverages - Topix.net
A bill which would make Connecticut the first in the nation to slap a penalty tax on surgery soda products passed a legislative committee Thursday and moved a few inches closer to becoming law. " has good intentions, but unintended consequences," said Melissa Ziobron , R-East Haddam, who added her town's baseball fields have scoreboards proclaiming sponsorship by Coca-Cola.
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