RiverCOG Creation of a Regional Waste Authority Study

The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (“RiverCOG”) is seeking a consultant (or team of consultants) (the “Respondent”) to create a study to identify solutions for municipal solid waste and recycling disposal in the region after the dissolution of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (“MIRA”) in 2025 and the expiration of existing contracts in 2027. The study will include all seventeen municipalities in the region, as follows, with a focus on eleven municipalities that currently send waste to the MIRA facility in Essex. Although the focus of this study is to come up with facility, organizational, and operational solutions to continue cost effective solid waste and recycling disposal, we also ask the consultant to identify new opportunities for regional waste diversion, product stewardship, and enforcement that a future RWA could address.

Eliza LoPresti 145 Dennison Road Essex CT, 06426 United States Tel: 860-581-8554 Fax: elopresti@rivercog.org