Four Stamford, CT Neighborhoods Will Get Food Scrap Composters Thanks to $2M EPA Grant

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The city wants it to take just a quick drive, or even a walk, for residents to recycle their food scraps instead of tossing them in the trash. Since 2021, residents have been able to drop off scraps at the Katrina Mygatt Recycling Center, where a machine on site turns the material into compost. But for some, it’s an inconvenient drive.

“It can take residents in the northern parts of the city an hour round trip to bring food scraps to the Mygatt Recycling Center,” volunteers for Stamford’s food waste recycling program said in a letter to city boards. “Discussions with residents there indicate this is a major impediment to participation.”

With a new three-year, $2,016,941 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stamford plans to buy four more machines and set them up in different areas of the city.  Stamford was one of 25 communities that the EPA recently picked to receive a Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant. Funding for the new program comes from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as well as annual appropriations, according to the EPA’s website.

Courtesy: www.wasteadvantage.com