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Effective at the close of business June 30, 2025 the MIRA Dissolution Authority and its predecessor interests and activities including those of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA) and the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) will permanently close pursuant to Public Act 23-170.  Inquiries concerning these interests and activities may be directed as follows:

Department of Administrative Services – For inquiries concerning invoicing, billing and payment information for Authority interests and activities through June 30, 2025, and for all facilities and services not transferred to the Capital Region Development Authority, CWPM,  or otherwise marketed and sold as described below:

  • For any invoicing information, please email:
  • For any billing issues, please email:
  • For any purchase order issues, please email:
  • Other issues please contact:  Dimple Desai: Dimple.Desai@ct.gov  860.471.4302
  • Facilities not transferred to the Capital Region Development Authority, CWPM, or previously marketed and sold pursuant to Public Act 23-170 include Authority landfills, facilities constructed on Authority landfills including solar projects, transfer stations and other private facilities, the site of the Bridgeport Resource Recovery Facility.

 

  • Capital Region Development Authority – Commencing July 1, 2025, for inquiries concerning operations, maintenance, security, closure, demolition and future redevelopment of the site of the former Resource Recovery Facility in the South Meadows section of Hartford:
    • Contact:  860.527.0100
  • CWPM – Commencing July 1, 2025, for inquiries concerning use and operation of the Essex Transfer Station:

 

  • DAS – Commencing July 1, 2025, for inquiries concerning use and operation of the Torrington Transfer Station:
    • Contact: Dimple Desai: Dimple.Desai@ct.gov  860.471.4302

 

  • Surplus facilities and equipment marketed and sold to the private sector – Watertown Transfer Station, Ellington Transfer Station, Hartford Recycling Facility at 211 Murphy Road, Warehouse at 171 Murphy Road, all Authority vehicles and heavy operating equipment.

 

This website is being preserved for historic public information purposes only.

Overview of MIRA Dissolution Authority

The MIRA Dissolution Authority was created by the State of Connecticut effective July 1, 2023 with passage of Public Act 23-170.   It replaces the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) and was established largely in response to the closure of MIRA’s Resource Recovery Facility in Hartford.  The MIRA Dissolution Authority has effectively assumed all of MIRA’s underlying statutory duties, authorities and capabilities, and it will continue MIRA’s Ongoing Waste Transfer Operations until acceptable alternatives become available, but it has also been charged with additional activities related to MIRA’s dissolution.

Specifically, the MIRA Dissolution Authority is to identify the immediate environmental needs and knowledge necessary for Future Redevelopment in South Meadows at the site of the now closed Resource Recovery Facility in Hartford, which is to include engaging representatives of Hartford and other stakeholders with respect to the future of the site.  The MIRA Dissolution Authority will further wind down MIRA’s operations and activities in an orderly and responsible manner which may include the marketing and sale of Surplus Property and Facilities.

Opportunities for the acquisition of surplus property and facilities will be published under the MIRA Dissolution Authority’s Business Links.  Upon conclusion of the dissolution process, anticipated as early as July 1, 2025, but not later than July 1, 2026, any remaining rights, real or personal property of the MIRA Dissolution Authority will pass to and vest in the State of Connecticut.  This is accomplished at that time through designation of the Department of Administrative Services as the MIRA Dissolution Authority’s successor agency.