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Cutting Down On Plastics: A man is at a retail checkout line surrounded by food and other goods that are all packaged in transparent (and labeled as) "Plastic." The cashier says "Did you bring your own bags, sir? We're trying to cut down on our use of plastic."

Editorial Cartoons

Marjorie Taylor Greene Out & Cutting Down On Plastics

by Bob Englehart, Editorial Cartoonist and Dave Whamond, Editorial Cartoonist July 11, 2023, 4:30 amJuly 11, 2023, 12:05 am

Marjorie Taylor Greene Out & Cutting Down On Plastics. Editorial cartoons by Bob Engelhart and Dave Whamond.

Graceless Gospel: God wields a lightning bolt from on high, surrounded by angry storm clouds, shouting "Now wait a %^&%^% minnit here!" as some tiny humans throw a Bible in the trash.

Graceless Gospel & Pyramids Then And Now

by Randall Enos, Editorial Cartoonist and Gatis Sluka, Editorial Cartoonist June 3, 2023, 1:16 pmJuly 21, 2023, 4:42 pm

Garbage dump of packaging, plastic, and paper

OP-ED | Why Is Passing An Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Law So Important?

by Nancy Alderman, Environment and Human Health, Inc. May 10, 2023, 12:05 pmMay 10, 2023, 4:32 pm

Waste and Recycling

Environment Committee Modifies Governor’s Bill on Trash Disposal

by Hugh McQuaid March 24, 2023, 1:00 pmJuly 21, 2023, 4:39 pm

Tyre Nichols

OP-ED | State Police Contracts, Taking Out The Trash, And Other Thoughts

by Terry Cowgill February 1, 2023, 4:45 amJuly 21, 2023, 4:42 pm

Reducing Trash, Saving Money

by Christine Stuart October 26, 2022, 12:00 pmJuly 21, 2023, 4:42 pm

Dirty used mattresses piled at a recycling site.

Waste and Recycling

One Million Mattresses Recycled in Connecticut’s First-in-the-Nation Program

by CTByTheNumbers December 10, 2021, 11:00 amDecember 10, 2021, 2:11 pm

OP-ED | Garbage Watch: Could Bailing Out MIRA Be Cheaper and Cleaner?

by Terry Cowgill July 19, 2021, 5:00 amJuly 21, 2023, 4:42 pm

Dirty used mattresses piled at a recycling site.

OP-ED | April 22 is Earth Day: Let’s Celebrate What Connecticut Is Doing Well With Its Waste

by Justine Fallon and Dan McGowan April 20, 2021, 5:05 amApril 20, 2021, 11:06 am

Image of Covanta's waste-to-energy plant in Bristol (Contributed photo)

Energy & Environment

OP-ED | Let’s Work Together to Solve Connecticut’s Waste Crisis

by Ben Gassaway April 7, 2021, 12:01 amApril 21, 2021, 4:12 pm