The Town of West Hartford will be using some of the fees collected from a state-mandated surcharge on nip bottles to fund the expansion and promotion of its food scrap diversion program.

By Ronni Newton

In the five full months since West Hartford’s food scrap diversion program has been operational , more than 30,000 pounds of material has been dropped off by residents in collection bins and kept out of the waste stream.

The food scrap collection program has been so successful that the four existing bins installed by the town are consistently full, and being emptied daily during the week, Recycling Coordinator Katherine Bruns said. She’s excited that the Town Council, at its last meeting, approved the use of $119,000 received through the state’s Bottle Bill – fees collected from a five

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