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