Next week on March 22, the state’s Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection and Economic and Community Development are hosting the second in a series of workshops that will explore how to grow cradle-to-cradle industries in Connecticut. Over the last decade, certain products or the waste that is created by making certain products have become [...]

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One might think Valentine’s Day is just another commercial holiday that was really created by early card manufacturers rather than some early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. And according to Wikipedia, we have Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts to thank for her romanticism and entrepreneurial spirit.  You see, Esther is recognized as the person who [...]

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Once again, here’s my take on the green business, green building and green energy highlights of 2011 in Connecticut.   This is the sixth year-in-review of the state’s green economy for this blogger and there was some cool stuff to report, no doubt.  But overall, based on the frequency of news items and their uniqueness, like [...]

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As of the beginning of October, Connecticut has joined the growing list of states and municipalities that will require certain businesses to dispose of food waste in a responsible waste stream rather than landfills. The new law requires all businesses that generate more than 104 tons of food scraps annually to compost it. Businesses expected [...]

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Last week, I got an announcement from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) that its conducting a survey on how much unwanted paint CT homeowners have.  This is the first step in implementing the new Paint Stewardship Law that was enacted this past year and signed into law last month by the Governor. [...]

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One of buildingctgreen.com’s partners, Cartridge World, announced earlier this month that in honor of Earth Day 2011 it launched the ‘Go Green! Win Green ’ Contest which will award $10,000 to the best consumer submitted green story. The public is encouraged to share how they have gone green in their home or office and the [...]

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