UPCOMING EVENTS

May 24th Lobby Day at L.O.B.
10:30-2PM Room 2B

Help Save CT's Bottle Deposit Program and its Waterways

 SAVE OUR WATER CT will be joining CCE, ConnPIRG, the CT League of Women Voters, CT League of Conservation Voters and other members of the Save CT Bottle Bill Coalition to lobby lawmakers in Hartford in support of Connecticut's bottle deposit law!

The 5 cent deposit on bottles and cans is the best incentive we have to reduce litter in our communities and promote recycling of used beverage containers. SB 996 would ELIMINATE this important program and replace it with a non-refundable bottle tax on every beverage sold in the state! It will kill recycling jobs and lead to MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of used bottles in our environment.

Save Our Water CT will also be reminding legislators that they need to address unregulated large water bottling: as of yet there is no drought protection, no permitting process, and no prohibition on discounted water rates. The severe drought may be resolving but citizen's concern for their public water is not. 10 Million plastic water bottles could be leaving the Niagara in Bloomfield each day and half will never be recycled.

Join us in Hartford on May 24th to tell your legislators to protect the CT bottle bill, vote "NO" on the new bottle tax, and act now to create reasonable oversight for large water bottlers.
COME SEE "TAPPED", an award winning expose of the bottled water industry. See what happened when Nestle moved into a small town in Maine and explore what may happen in CT as Niagara,  a multi-national water bottler, moves into the Hartford area. A look at the health and environmental issues involved in the water bottling industry. The movie is followed by Q/A with members of Save Our Water CT.  Learn what you can do! Multiple dates, locations, and times are listed below. Free. (although donations are always accepted!)
  • Middletown Tapped will be rescheduled for later this summer; check back for an update! 6:30-8:00PM at Art Walk Middletown, 502 Main St., Middletown, CT 

May 24th Lobby Day
Legislative Office Building Rm 2B
300 Capitol Ave. Hartford
Look for the blue "SAVE" buttons...
We'll meet you and greet you!