August 24, Hartford CT The Trash Museum

Here I am in front of an attraction that claims to be one of a kind, the CRRA Trash Museum in Hartford, CT.  We heard about the place on a local TV station that mentioned the only other such garbage museum was closing next week.

Pam and June, educators, greeted us, provided an orientation and brochure and turned us loose. We saw clothing made from trash, a cross sesection of an ash landfill, and composting exhibits.

The first exhibit, the Temple of Tash was actually pretty comfortable. Any resemblance to my office (or workshop) is a coincidence. We viewed an excellent video on stopping waste before it starts, and living a low trash life style.

Behind the clever displays and good advice on ways to avoid the world pictured in WALL-E the serious work of sorting, bundling and moving along recycled materials from the capital city takes place in the back of the museum.  An observation room lets visitors see some of the action, and a series of monitors provide real time views of the process.  We were amazed to see how much hand work was required. 

The museum contained many hands-on exhibits that the young and  young at heart would find interesting.  Blogger is being difficult again today so I can't load the rest of the pictures. Interested readers might check out the CRRA web sitte.

Just off route 91 south of Hartford this place was easy to find and worth a look.