Skip to main content Currently Reading Tires, gas tanks and smoke detectors pile up along CT River. Officials say manufacturers should clean it up. John Moritz FacebookTwitterEmail Officials representing 17 towns along the Lower Connecticut River Valley are calling on state lawmakers to adopt legislation that would shift much of the burden onto manufacturers to keep discarded tires, gas tanks and smoke detectors from ending up in landfills or along the river.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media Officials representing 17 towns along the Lower Connecticut River Valley are calling on state lawmakers to adopt legislation that would shift much of the burden onto manufacturers to keep discarded tires, gas tanks and smoke detectors from ending up in landfills or along the river.