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Recycling rates are reported every two years. The latest figures are from 2005. The latest recycling figures for that year indicate that recycling and composting programs recovered 32% of municipal solid waste or 79 million tons. There are approximately 8,550 curbside recycling programs nationwide, which is down from 8,875 in 2002, however community composting programs have increased in number from 3,227 in 2002 to 3,470 in 2005. For more information please consult the (Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2005 Facts and Figures)
Use the links below to find out more about recycling in your community:
| Connecticut |
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection -
Connecticut Recycles
Waste Management
Bureau, Recycling Program 
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
(860) 424-3365 |
| Maine |
Maine State Planning Office
Waste
Management and Recycling Program
38 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(800) 662-4545
(207) 287-8934 |
| Massachusetts |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Recycling
Program
1 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 556-1021 |
| New Hampshire |
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Waste Management,
Solid Waste Technical Assistance Section
Concord, NH 03302
(603) 271-2900 |
| Rhode Island |
| Rhode Island Resource
Recovery Corporation
65 Shun Pike
Johnston, RI 02919
(401) 942-1430
RI Department of Environmental Management |
| Vermont |
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Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Waste
Management Division - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Center Building
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0301
(800) 932-7100 |
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