Non-hazardous Solid Waste and Recycling - Connecticut

Connecticut incorporates by reference the federal regulations for Non-Hazardous Solid Waste and Recycling; however, the state adds further requirements.

A summary of the additional requirements includes the following:

• Sec. 22a-207(27) Designated Recyclable Item means an item required to be recycled pursuant to Connecticut mandatory recycling regulation or designated for recycling pursuant to CT General Statutes Sec. 22a-256 or Sec. 22a-208v.
• Note: Current designated recyclable items include: 1) glass and metal food containers; 2) residential and non-residential high grade white office paper; 3) old newspaper; 4) scrap metal; 5) old corrugated cardboard; 6) waste oil; 7) motor vehicle storage batteries (e.g. lead acid storage batteries); 8) Ni-Cd rechargeable batteries; 9) leaves; 10) grass clippings; 11) HDPE and PETE plastic containers; 12) boxboard; 13) magazines; and 14) colored ledger paper.
• Sec. 22a-220a (d)(1) – Any collector hauling solid waste, including recyclables, generated within a municipality shall register annually in that municipality and disclose specific information to the municipality.
• Sec. 22a-220a (e) – The door of any private vehicle used to haul solid waste shall be clearly marked with the business name and address of the hauler.
• Sec. 22a-241b (d) - Every person who generates solid waste from a property other than a residential property shall make provision for and cause the separation of designated recyclable items from other solid waste through the use of separate collection containers for designated recyclable items i.e. other solid waste and designated recyclable items cannot be mixed together in the same collection containers.
• Sec. 22a-208e (c) – The owner or operator of any recycling facility which receives for processing or sale the following items generated within the boundaries of a Connecticut municipality: 1) Cardboard, 2) glass, food and beverage containers, 3) leaves, 4) metal food and beverage containers, 5) newspapers, 6) storage batteries, 7) waste oil, 8) plastic food and beverage containers, 9) office paper – shall report to DEEP quarterly on a form prescribed by the Commissioner and shall report to each municipality from which material is received. If a municipality or hauler delivers those items out-of-state, the municipality shall notify the commissioner and shall ensure, by contract, that reporting requirements are met by the out-of-state facility.
• C&D is usually managed as a single waste stream, however, in the state of Connecticut, this material is categorized and regulated as a distinct type of municipal solid waste (MSW) and the materials from demolition and deconstruction activities are a type of ‘bulky waste’.
  • Some C&D materials may qualify for a "beneficial use determination" (BUD), in which solid waste is reused in a manufacturing process to make a new product or as an effective substitute for materials used in a commercial product.

Related Information 

• Solid Waste Home (ct.gov)
• Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management (ct.gov)
• Recycling Laws - Annotated List (ct.gov)
• CD Materials Management
• Subcommittee: Construction and Demolition Waste Management

Citation 

• Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management