Professional & Technical Services for the Design of an Aerated Static Compost System at the Mansfiel

2026-11-03

The Town of Mansfield is soliciting qualifications from engineering consulting firms qualified to design , specify , and complete construction of an aerated static compost system at the Mansfield Transfer Station , 221 Warrenville Road , Mansfield Center , CT . This work is being undertaken to increase the town ’ s capacity to compost residential food scraps . Scope of Services The successful firm shall provide services to the Town of Mansfield as it relates to the design , permitting and construction of an aerated static compost system at the Mansfield Transfer Station , 221 Warrenville Road , Mansfield Center , CT . Through a Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Materials Management Infrastructure grant , the Town has been awarded $ 129 , 500 to build an aerated static compost pile in place of the windrow system currently used for composting leaves and some food scraps . The intent of constructing an aerated system is to expand the amount of food scraps accepted into the leaf compost pile from collection service . Currently , food scraps are added to the leaf pile through two demonstration projects . The first , approved in 2015 , allows residents to bring in and place food scraps in the leaf pile . Around 50 households use the leaf pile regularly . The second demonstration project , approved in 2020 , allows food scraps from the K - 12 public schools to be composted in the leaf pile . Since 1990 , Mansfield has been using a pay - as - you - throw trash service , offering different trash service sizes and charging by trash container size . The larger the trash container , the higher the cost of service . The Town has 3 , 211 households subscribed to single - family collection . We estimate that , on average , a household produces four pounds of food scraps per week ( or 208 pounds per year ). If 40 percent of households with collection service participate in food scrap collection , we will be composting 134 tons of food scraps per year in the aerated static compost system .

Connecticut

2026-05-05