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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 928
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3397
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING RE CYCLED CONTENT FOR P RODUCTS
SOLD IN CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than December 1, 1
2022, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in 2
consultation with retailers, manufacturers, recycling businesses in the 3
state and regional organizations such as the Northeast Recycling 4
Council, shall submit to the Governor and the joint standing committee 5
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the 6
environment recommendations for recycled content requirements for 7
products sold in the state and for multi-state coordination in the 8
development of such recycled content standards. In developing such 9
recommendations, the commissioner shall consider recycled content 10
standards from other states and jurisdictions. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To encourage the development of a market for recycled materials.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]