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<p>The Product Stewardship Institute and Northeast Recycling Council hosted a webinar in April 2024 where presenters told their regions’ EPR stories—their successes, challenges, what was included in their plans and why. And they elaborated on end markets for tire scraps. Insight came from Suna Bayrakal, Product Stewardship Institute; Tom Metzner, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection; Steve Meldrum, eTracks Tire Management Systems; and Barry Takallou, Crumb Rubber Manufacturers (CRM).</p>

Under a bill headed to Connecticut legislators this week, towns and cities could decide individually whether to ban the sale of nips, those tiny bottles of liquor that fit in pockets and are often tos...

Mini-liquor bottles, also known as “nips;” you have seen them everywhere, sometimes on the ground in the form of litter. The liquor industry and state...

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Connecticut municipalities are required to spend the nips money on litter reduction or environmental initiatives, but not necessarily tied to getting rid of nips litter.