Library program to focus on composting

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September 27, 2024

KENT—The Kent Memorial Library will present a program on how to reduce waste and save money Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m.

Jennifer Heaton-Jones, executive director of the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority, the regional governmental solid waste and recycling authority, will give the one-hour presentation and Q&A at the 32 North Main St. library.

She will discuss and answer backyard composting questions and how the town program works, the pros and cons to both options, and what can work best for one’s needs.

She will also detail why and how bones, shellfish, dairy and all food scraps can be accepted in the town program.

For registration, click here.

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Written By Kathryn Boughton

Kathryn Boughton, a native of Canaan, Conn., has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009. She has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication.

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