The Northwest Resource Recovery Authority successfully met its July 1 deadline to assume operation of the Torrington municipal solid waste (MSW) transfer station. At present, the station will be operated by Interstate Waste Services and will receive MSW from seven Northwest Connecticut communities.
“The facility is up and running as it always did,” said First Selectman Henry Tirrell. “It is open five days a week to allow haulers to bring in materials.” He added that communities who are not members of the NRRA can also contract to transport MSW there.
“It is our hope that all communities will join the NRRA, even if they send their waste elsewhere,” said Tirrell. “The NRRA wants to do more than just run the transfer station. In the future there is a lot more that can be done concerning recycling. If we all work together we can make it happen.”
The state transferred the property to the NRRA on June 30, and the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services handed over administration of the site to the local authority.