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Blue Earth Compost

Hartford-based food-scrap collection company. Founded 2013, certified B-Corp. Services Farmington and Unionville; partners with Connecticut public schools.

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Farmington Green Efforts Committee Funds Full $4,500 for Union School Compost Table

Henry Whitfield·

The Farmington Green Efforts Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to cover the full $4,500 cost of a custom compost-sorting table for Union Elementary School — more than doubling the $2,000 the school's Student Council had asked for and freeing the Union PTO from the contribution it had pledged. Three Student Council members presented the school's three-stream cafeteria sorting program before the vote.

When Earth Day Becomes a Throwdown

Jack Beckett·

From Rainfall to Runoff: 1,600 lbs Collected Democrats Out-Bag Republicans (Again) Farmington, CT — May 6, 2025The town’s annual Earth Day cleanup might have been dampened by rain, but it didn’t stop 40 determined residents from bagging over 1,600 pounds of roadside trash. The event—part community service, part political spectacle—was hosted by the Green Efforts…