Sec. 4b-15. Plan to reduce use of disposable and single-use products and to separate and collect recyclable items. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 4b-15. Plan to reduce use of disposable and single-use products and to separate and collect recyclable items. (a) Each state agency having care, control and supervision of state property, including the Judicial Department and the Joint Committee on Legislative Management of the General Assembly, shall prepare on or before October 1, 1990, and thereafter periodically update, in consultation with the Commissioners of Environmental Protection and Public Works, a plan for each facility under its care, control or supervision to (1) reduce the use of disposable and single-use products, in accordance with the plan adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 4a-67b, (2) separate and collect items designated as either suitable or required for recycling pursuant to section 22a-241b. Such plan shall establish a schedule for implementation of the policies recommended in the plan.

      (b) Each such agency shall, on or before October 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, submit to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment a report on implementation of the recycling plan. Such report shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall provide such information the commissioner deems necessary.

      (c) The Governor, the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and the Commissioners of Environmental Protection and Administrative Services, for the central offices of the Departments of Environmental Protection and Administrative Services, shall implement a white paper recycling program to begin on or before January 1, 1989. Each other state agency, department or institution shall implement such program on or before January 1, 1991.

      (P.A. 88-231, S. 4; P.A. 89-385, S. 9; P.A. 90-230, S. 8, 101; P.A. 96-163, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 89-385 amended Subsec. (a) by changing the deadline for report from January 1, 1991, to October 1, 1990, and further required the plan to provide for reduction of the use of disposable and single-use products; P.A. 90-230 corrected an internal reference in Subsec. (a); P.A. 96-163 amended Subsec. (b) to require submission of recycling plan to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection instead of the defunct Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Advisory Council.

      See Sec. 4a-67b re plan to be adopted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services eliminating the use of disposable and single-use products in state government.