AN ACT CONCERNING PROPOSALS DERIVED FROM THE WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill specifies a deadline for the report but does not state when or if the proposals will be acted upon by lawmakers.

Report on Waste Study Proposals

This law requires state officials to submit a report with waste management proposals based on the results of the most recent waste characterization study.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to submit a report by January 15, 2027.
• Asks for proposals or recommendations that come from the results of the most recent waste characterization study undertaken by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
• Includes ideas about making producers responsible for managing consumer packaging, products, and construction debris through extended producer responsibility programs.
• Lists new items that could be separated at their source to improve recycling efforts.
• Requires a draft of any law changes needed to put these proposals into action.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection
• The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• The joint standing committee on the environment in the General Assembly

Terms To Know

Waste characterization study

A research project undertaken by the state to examine what types of waste are being generated.

Extended producer responsibility

Programs that make companies responsible for managing components of the state's waste stream, such as packaging or products.

Source separated

Items designated to be sorted into specific categories before collection.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill requires a report with proposals but does not automatically make those proposals into law.
• The text lists examples of waste types like packaging and construction debris, but the study may cover other items as well.
• No funding amount is mentioned for carrying out these new recommendations.

Official Summary Text

To require the submission of proposals derived from the results of the waste characterization study.

Current Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5151
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 843

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT

Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CONCERNING PROPOSALS DERIVED FROM THE WASTE
CHARACTERIZATION STUDY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 15, 2027, the 1
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in accordance 2
with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall submit 3
to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 4
cognizance of matters relating to the environment a report that details 5
any proposal or recommendation of the commissioner that is derived 6
from the results of the most recent waste characterization study 7
undertaken by the Department of Energy and Environmental 8
Protection. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, any 9
recommendation for the establishment of extended producer 10
responsibility programs for components of the state's waste stream, 11
including, but not limited to, consumer packaging or products and 12
construction and demolition debris and any proposed additional 13
designations of recycl able items to be source separated. Such report 14
shall include a draft of any statutory revisions required to implement 15
any such proposal or recommendation. 16

Raised Bill No. 5151

LCO No. 843 2 of 2

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

Statement of Purpose:
To require the submission of proposals derived from the results of the
waste characterization study.

[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.]