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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5799
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2024
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR COMPOSTABLE
PRODUCTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require ASTM certification 1
for any product advertised as compostable and mandate such products 2
be tinted green or brown and products that do not meet such standards 3
not be labeled as biodegradable or decomposable and require that in 4
2022 all precheckout bags be ASTM D6400 and TUV OK Home Compost 5
certified and contain at least thirty per cent total organic carbon content 6
renewable material. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a certain standard for compostable bags and require certain
checkout bags to meet particular ASTM standards for compostable
products.