Unable to garner needed commitments from municipalities that use the Mid-Connecticut plant, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) voted in late May to end its effort to negotiate a redevelopment agreement with a private operator unless the state made a financial commitment by August, warning that it would have to ship trash to out-of-state landfills. In a statement Tuesday, Lamont rejected the $330 million needed capital investment as well as shifting the state’s waste management strategy to exporting. Dykes asked MIRA to draft, by Sept. 15, an operating plan that considers alternative mechanisms for keeping the state’s waste management system self-sufficient, with predictable costs. Dykes asked MIRA to draft, by Sept. 15, an operating plan that considers alternative mechanisms for keeping the state’s waste management system self-sufficient, with predictable costs.
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