MIDDLETOWN EARTH DAY VIRTUAL EVENT ON TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2021 “BEYOND RECYCLING: ZERO WASTE SWAPS AT HOME” WITH MIDDLETOWN RECYCLING COORDINATOR KIM O’ROURKE & THE RUSSELL LIBRARY AT 7 P.M.
Happy Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, 2021! This year will mark the 51st Anniversary of Earth Day! The theme for this year's Earth Day is "Restore Our Earth."
What is Earth Day and how did it begin?
Earth Day began on April 22, 1970. It was started by San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson. They asked Americans to demonstrate their desire to do something about the dangerous and serious issues of air pollution, toxic drinking water, and the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment. The result 20 million Americans peaceably demonstrated outdoors to take action about the environment according to "Earth Day 2021" from the Old Farmer's Almanac.
This peaceful protest for Mother Earth led President Richard Nixon to create the Environmental Protection Agency, along with laws that successfully protected the environment such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act.
What can you do today and every day to save our planet? Pick up litter in your neighborhood or a public park, recycle, compost, plant a tree, don't use pesticides in your garden and on your lawn, & conserve water are a few examples of what you can do.
On April 20th at 7 p.m. there will be a free virtual Earth Day event titled "Beyond Recycling: Zero Waste Swaps at Home" with Middletown Recycling Coordinator Kim O'Rourke and the Russell Library. Learn about ways to reduce waste and learn simple tips to recycle. Registration is required to receive the zoom link.
You can register at the Russell Library event page athttps://russelllibrary.libcal.com/event/7564543. Their phone number is 860-347-2520.
Middletown Recycling Coordinator Kim O'Rourke said the city will be holding a paper shred event on April 24th at the Veteran's Memorial Park from 9 a.m. -11 a.m. located on Walnut Grove Road for Middletown residents only.
There will also be regional recycling events too during the year such as household waste collection and white paper recycling. The first regional household waste collection will be on Saturday, April 17th at the Clinton Public Works Garage located at 117 Nod Road, followed on Saturday, June 19th at the Colchester-East Hampton Pollution Control Facility located at 20 Gildersleeve Drive in East Hampton; Saturday, August 21st at the Woodside Intermediate School at 30 Woodside Road in Cromwell and Saturday, October 9th at Middlesex Community College at 100 Training Hill Road in Middletown. The times for these events are the same from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
There will be two regional paper shredding events at the Colchester-East Hampton Water Pollution Control Facility on Saturday, May 22nd in East Hampton and the Middlefield Community Center located at 405 Main Street in Middlefield on Saturday, September 11th. The times are 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Call your Town Hall to learn what your town is doing this Earth Day.
For more information about these events contact Middletown Recycling Coordinator Kim O’ Rourke at 860-638-4855 and her email is kim.orourke@middletownct.gov.
For more information about Earth Day 2021 please see the following websites:
https://www.almanac.com/content/earth-day-date-activities-history
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021/#map
https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2020-04-21-how-the-first-earth-day-happened
Enjoy the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgeovzZUKSg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU
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