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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-241b (2025)

Regulations designating items required to be recycled. Separation of items designated for recycling. Prohibition on combining previously segregated designated recyclable items

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(a)(1) On or before February 1, 1988, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 designating items that are required to be recycled. The commissioner may designate other items as suitable for recycling and amend such regulations accordingly.

(2) On or before October 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall amend the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection to expand the list of designated recyclable items to add (A) containers of three gallons or less made of polyethylene terephthalate plastic and high-density polyethylene plastic, and (B) additional types of paper, including, but not limited to, boxboard, magazines, residential high-grade white paper and colored ledger.

(b) Any designated recyclable item shall be recycled by a municipality within six months of the availability of service to such municipality by a regional processing center or local processing system.

(c) Each person who generates solid waste from residential property shall, in accordance with subsection (f) of section 22a-220, separate from other solid waste the items designated for recycling pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section.

(d) Every person who generates solid waste from a property other than a residential property shall, in accordance with subsection (f) of section 22a-220, make provision for and cause the separation from other solid waste of the items designated for recycling pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section through the use of one or more collection containers for designated recyclable items that are separate from the collection containers for other solid waste. Collection containers that have been used for the collection of solid waste may be converted to containers for the collection of designated recyclable items by labeling or other means to identify that such container is dedicated to collecting designated recyclable items. On and after July 1, 2012, the provisions of this subsection shall also apply to items designated for recycling pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.

(e) No person shall knowingly combine previously segregated designated recyclable items with other solid waste.

(f) For the purposes of this section, “boxboard” means a lightweight paperboard made from a variety of recovered fibers having sufficient folding properties and thickness to be used to manufacture folding or set-up boxes.

(P.A. 87-544, S. 2; P.A. 90-220, S. 1, 11; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 88, 130; P.A. 10-87, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 90-220 added Subsec. (c) re separation requirements of persons generating solid waste; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made a technical change for accuracy, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 10-87 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re amendment of regulations to expand list of designated recyclable items, amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change and replacing provision requiring recycling within 3 months of establishment of service with provision requiring recycling within 6 months of availability of service, redesignated existing Subsec. (c)(1) as Subsec. (c) and made technical changes therein, redesignated existing Subsec. (c)(2) as Subsec. (d) and amended same by excepting residential properties and adding provision requiring use of collection containers for recyclable items that are separate from those used for other solid waste, added Subsec. (e) re prohibition on combining previously segregated designated recyclable items and added Subsec. (f) re definition of “boxboard”; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.

Cited. 224 C. 627.

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Secs. 22a-241c and 22a-241d. Municipal provisions for recycling. Orders to municipalities to deliver recyclable items to regional intermediate processing centers if no revision to solid waste management plan delivered. Sections 22a-241c and 22a-241d are repealed.

(P.A. 87-544, S. 3, 4; P.A. 90-220, S. 10, 11.)

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Cited in 3 cases, 1993–2013 · leading case: State v. DeFusco, 620 A.2d 746 (Conn. 1993).
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State v. DeFusco, 620 A.2d 746 (Conn. 1993). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to General Statutes § 22a-241b (c), recycling of designated items has been mandatory in Connecticut since January 1, 1991.”
Keeney v. L & S Constr., 626 A.2d 1299 (Conn. 1993). “For purposes of this subdivision, ‘disposal’ means the placement of material at a location with the intent to leave it at such location indefinitely, or to fail to remove material from a location within forty-five days, but does not mean the placement of material required to be…”
Fort Trumbull Conservancy, LLC v. Alves, 57 A.3d 898 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 22a-220 (f) provides in relevant part: “On and after January 1, 1991, each municipality shall, consistent with the requirements of section 22a-241b, make provisions for the separation, collection, processing and marketing of items generated within its…”
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