2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management
Section 22a-256p - Printers: Use of newsprint with recycled content. Schedule.
On a state-wide basis, the percentage of recycled fiber contained in newsprint used by all printers shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For the year ending December 31, 1992, eleven per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1993, sixteen per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1994, twenty per cent or more; for the two years ending December 31, 1996, twenty-three per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1997, thirty-one per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1998, forty per cent or more; for the year ending December 31, 1999, forty-five per cent or more; and for the year ending December 31, 2000, and thereafter, fifty per cent or more.
(P.A. 90-224, S. 3; P.A. 95-324, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-324 delayed by one year the schedule for the requirements for recycled content above 23%.
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