Research snapshot · Waste · 31 August 2026

Solid waste operations in Connecticut: 18 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 22 dated municipal records flagged as solid waste operations in Connecticut, spanning 18 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

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The story so far

The record starts in Cheshire, 1 October 2022. Since then 18 Connecticut towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Trumbull on 12 August 2026.

The last 90 days put 3 meetings on the record, down from 8 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Manager&#39s Reports to Council, City Council Ordinances and Finance - Annual Comprehensive Financial Re.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202511
Dec 2025 to Feb 202611
Mar 2026 to May 202687
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)33

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Mar 2026 to May 2026, with 8 meetings.

The towns on the record18, earliest first

Every Connecticut town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Cheshireearliest 2022-10-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2022-10-01 · a report October 2022 (PDF)
Coventryearliest 2023-01-03 · 2 meetings · latest 2025-06-30 · a report Annual Comprehensive Financial Report: 6-30-2025
Prospectearliest 2023-05-03 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-05-03 · the document Budget Message – TOP 2023-2024 Revised May 1 2023
Norwichearliest 2023-12-18 · 5 meetings · latest 2026-08-03 · the resolution August 3, 2026
Bristolearliest 2024-01-18 · 1 meeting · latest 2024-01-18 · the agenda Packet PDF
Newingtonearliest 2025-06-30 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-06-30 · the document Annual Comprehensive Financial Report as of June 30, 2025 - Complete Version (PDF)
Thompsonearliest 2025-10-16 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-10-16 · the minutes Minutes — Planning and Zoning Commission
Old Saybrookearliest 2026-02-25 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-02-25 · the agenda AgendaCenter agenda
Greenwichearliest 2026-03-05 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-03-05 · the agenda Conservation Commission Regular Meeting Agenda
Hebronearliest 2026-03-17 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-17 · the budget 2627 Hebron BOE Budget Presentation 3.17.26
West Hartfordearliest 2026-03-19 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-19 · the meeting packet Town Council Public Hearing on Budget 2026-03-19 — Packet
Middletownearliest 2026-03-25 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-25 · the agenda Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Government Metropolitan Planning Organization Committee Meeting-March 25, 2026
Hamdenearliest 2026-03-27 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-27 · the agenda CANCELLED - Solid Waste & Recycling Commission Special Meeting 2026-03-27 — Solid Waste & Recycling Commission Special M
Norwalkearliest 2026-04-13 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-04-13 · the minutes Special Joint Meeting of The Finance and Claims Committee and Board of Estimate and Taxation 2026-04-13 — 04-13-26 Speci
Bethelearliest 2026-07-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-07-01 · the document 2026 07 01 Notice of Public Hearing repeal of ordinances

And 3 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

12 August 2026 · Trumbull

the agenda, on the town's own site Agenda — 2026-08-12

3 August 2026 · Norwich City Council Resolutions

the resolution, on the town's own site August 3, 2026

1 July 2026 · Bethel

the document, on the town's own site 2026 07 01 Notice of Public Hearing repeal of ordinances

13 April 2026 · Norwalk Board of Estimate & Taxation

the minutes, on the town's own site Special Joint Meeting of The Finance and Claims Committee and Board of Estimate and Taxation 2026-04-13 — 04-13-26 Speci

Companies on this record70 companies, 23 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
CliftonLarsonAllen LLPCoventry, Granby, Newington
Norwich Community Development Corporation (NCDC)Norwich
Downes Construction CompanyNorwich
Greenwich Boys and Girls ClubGreenwich
AJ Waste/CCRTCheshire
Arch Street Task ForceGreenwich
ArtsPlaceCheshire
Associated Pharmacies, Inc.Norwich
AvangridTrumbull
Bridgeport Wastewater Treatment PlantTrumbull
brooke wadeWest Hartford
Chelsea Groton BankNorwich
Chelsea Harbor/Downtown Mobility StudyNorwich
ComcastWest Hartford
Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM)Norwich
Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management AgencyNorwich
Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA)Norwich
Connecticut Tire Stewardship (CTS)Middletown
CovantaBristol
CRCOGCoventry
CT Association for Wetland Scientist (CAWS)Greenwich
CT WaterCoventry
DEMHSMiddletown
Eastern Highland Health DistrictCoventry
EMACGreenwich
Estuary Transit DistrictMiddletown
EversourceMiddletown
Federal governmentTrumbull
GRAB/Waste Free GreenwichGreenwich
GreenskiesCoventry

And 40 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

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Solid waste operations, Connecticut

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Connecticut

every topic this state carries

Area

Waste

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

18

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

1 October 2022

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

3 against 8 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

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