UPCOMING EVENTS
Check out the Events page for details on: #WaTer You Drinking - March 22; #Composting Made Simple - March 19 and 28; #Leftover Recipe Challenge - Whole month of March; #Southbury Green Expo - May 9.
Check out the Programs page for details on our $1000 Scholarship - deadline April 10.
WaTer You Drinking?
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2026
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Southbury Public Library, Southbury, CT 06488
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Learn more about your drinking water. How to care for your well and septic system. What contaminants to look for, how to test for them, and explore treatment options. Talk to local professionals who can answer your questions. ​
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Registration is required for this free event. Click this link to register on the Southbury Public Library's Event page.
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Sponored by: Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition and Sustainable Southbury
Composting Made Simple
Date 1: Thurday, March 19, 2026 from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Date 2: Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: Southbury Public Library, Southbury, CT 06488
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This program is ideal for home gardeners, environmentally conscious residents, and anyone interested in reducing household waste while creating nutrient-rich soil naturally.
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The program will be led by composting educator Bob Lavorgna, who has taught “Composting for the Backyard Gardener,” a multi-week course for the OLLI program at the University of Connecticut Waterbury Branch. He has also mentored students in the UConn Master Gardener Program and presented gardening and composting programs throughout northwestern Connecticut.
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Registration is requested.
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March 19 event: https://www.southburylibrary.org/event/backyard-composting-made-simple-52912
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March 28 event: https://www.southburylibrary.org/event/backyard-composting-made-simple-52913​​
Southbury Green Expo 2026
SAVE THE DATE
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026
Time: 11:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Pomperaug Elementary School, 607 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488
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This is Sustainable Southbury’s annual event where you can learn about sustainable alternatives to improve your life and the environment while enjoying live music, face painting, and activities for kids & adults.
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This year’s theme is Zero Waste, with a special focus on the 5 Rs of Recycling: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle. Together, we’ll explore practical and creative ways families can reduce waste and live more sustainably.
What to look forward to:
• Interactive kid activities
• Live demonstrations
• Results of our student 5 Rs school contest
• Engaging exhibitors (back by popular demand!)
• And AMAZING door prizes — including tickets to amusement parks, museums, indoor adventure parks, and other fun family experiences!
Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details. We can’t wait to see our community come together again for a fun, inspiring, and impactful day!
Let’s make 2026 our most sustainable year yet!
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​Registration is now open for sponsors and exhibitors. Please click on this link to learn more.​​
Join the Leftovers Recipe Challenge!
We’re inviting Southbury residents to take part in an exciting community Recipe Challenge — and help turn food scraps and leftovers into something amazing!
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🥕 What’s the Challenge?
We’re creating a community cookbook filled with creative, tasty recipes that use:
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Leftovers from last night’s dinner
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Surplus ingredients you need to use up
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Wilting veggies
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Extra dairy or eggs
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Food nearing its expiration date
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Scraps you’d normally toss
If it saves food from the trash — it belongs in this cookbook!
We’ll compile submissions into a community cookbook to share with everyone.
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Click here to learn how to participate.
EyeRecycle Bottle & Can Redemption Event
Date: First Sunday of every month (except April will be on the 12th)
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: 800 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488
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​EyeRecycle is a redemption center. EyeRecycle pays the full 10 cents per item. They take anything with a CT refund label, not just what the store sells. Plus, they make sure the redeemable items are recycled correctly. We also recycle empty inkject cartridges.
For more details and to see what is NOT ACCEPTED click here.
Donations at each event will benefit the following organizations:
11/2/25 PHS Robotics Team
12/7/25 PHS Track Team
1/4/26 Juniorettes
2/1/26 Words Across Miles
3/1/26 Troop 1607
4/5/26 SACA
5/3/26 Juniorettes​​
6/7/26 Southbury Food Bank
7/5/26
8/2/26 Troop 1607​
9/6/26 PHS Robotics Team
10/4/26 Friends of Pomperaug Music
11/1/26 Southbury Food Bank
12/6/26 PHS Grad Nite 2027
Food Bank Donation - Adopt A Shelf
Date: Second Saturday of every month
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: 88 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488
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​Sustainable Southbury has made a commitment to the Southbury Food Bank to fill a shelf with canned fruit every month. We invite you to help us by volunteering to donate items or be a dropoff site for donated items. Please sign up if you would like to participate.
For more details click here.