Connecticut’s Garbage Museum

One ton. What exactly does that hefty amount represent? Not only is it the amount of garbage and recyclables discarded annually by the average person in Connecticut, but it’s also the weight of the Trash-o-saurus, a found-item sculpture that welcomes guests at Connecticut’s Garbage Museum. This unusual-sounding facility, run by the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, gives kids plenty of food for thought about what happens once they throw something away. In addition to observing recycling in action, visitors can walk through a (fake) tunnel of compost and participate in a “trash bash” game show to demonstrate their waste-related wisdom. Personally, we’ll give the compost tunnel a pass, but anything that gets kids thinking about the environment gets the (biodegradable, of course) VN seal of approval.