Sec. 22a-255c. Symbols indicating packaging is recyclable or made of recycled material. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22a-255c. Symbols indicating packaging is recyclable or made of recycled material. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, except that notice of the regulations may be published not earlier than October 1, 1991, adopt (1) official symbols that may be placed on packages indicating recyclability or recycled material content and (2) procedures for the use of such symbols. Any official symbol shall be consistent with regulations adopted under section 22a-255d. Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with symbols adopted or proposed by the northeast recycling council established by the eastern regional conference of the council of state governments.

      (P.A. 88-231, S. 16; P.A. 89-385, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 89-385 made adoption of regulations mandatory and required the commissioner to adopt regulations establishing procedures for use of official packaging symbols.