4 Ways to Live Clean and Green in Ridgefield, CT
March 31st, 2008 categories: Green Living, Ridgefield, Talking Real Estate
Live clean, live green! Ridgefield’s First Selectman Rudy Marconi sees protecting our environment as a top priority. Rudy’s many town-wide initiatives include converting 20% of our town’s energy use to “clean energy” by 2010, requiring all town departments to use available recycled products for construction, repair and maintenance and the creation of RACE. Ridgefield is quickly becoming Connecticut’s #1 town to embrace sustainability and smart living.
4 Ways to Live Green in Ridgefield
- Recycle: Did you know that curbside recycling is 3 times less effective than dropping recyclables at the Ridgefield Recycling Center? The recycling center accepts many types of materials that will not be recycled curbside. In fact, if you place just 1 “wrong item” in your blue bin, your hauler will likely just dump the entire bin in with the trash and recycle nothing. Your efforts are wasted and all your recyclables end up the landfill. Instead, many Ridgefielders choose to bring their recyclables to the town recycling center on South St. Learn more about recycling in Ridgefield at the HRRA website.
Compost: Composting at home is a great way to keep unnecessary bio-degradable garbage out of the trash stream and make terrific nutrient-rich soil for your garden at the same time. Put all of your vegetable cuttings, banana peels and more into the compost bin and make your own “black gold”. - RACE: join the folks at the Ridgefield Action Committee for the Environment. Commissioned by Rudy in 2006, RACE educates the town on environmental issues and sustainability like clean energy and anti-idling. RACE has created the Clean Energy Challenge and has forged relationships with like-minded people in neighboring town.
- Clean Energy: Ridgefielders can chose to have Clean Energy delivered right to their home. By selecting the “clean energy option”, each of us can use electricity generated from clean, renewable sources like wind and water. Click here to sign up.
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