You asked how many towns (1) allow residents to drop off their own trash at landfills or transfer facilities and (2) fund their own refuse collection and disposal through their general operating budget.

According to the Department of Environmental Protection’s Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division, it appears that most municipal solid waste transfer stations and municipal landfills (all but one are bulky waste only) allow residents to drop off their waste.

A September 2002 Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) report found for Connecticut towns that (1) 33. 7% have their residents bring their residential solid waste (trash) to transfer stations or landfills, (2) 30. 3% have their residents contract directly with a private hauler, (3) 23. 6% have contracts with private haulers for curbside collection, and (4) 12. 4% have municipal staff collect garbage curbside.

Sixty percent of Connecticut towns pay for the cost of residential trash collection. The vast majority, 76. 3% of all towns, pay for the disposal of residential trash from their tax base, according to CCM’s report. A copy of CCM’s report is attached.

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