The 2008 Connecticut Campaign

Expansion of the Connecticut bottle bill has been reintroduced in 2008.
The Environment Committee has raised Senate bill 357 which, among other changes, updates the existing law to include bottled water in its deposit program, and adding a 50 containers-per-day redemption limit. The Environment Committee will hold a public hearing on this proposal on March 10th.  Previous plans to hold a joint hearing with the General Law Committee, the Committee where the expansion bill was killed in the 2007 session, have been changed.
Changes to the Current Law
Bill Number and Name Senate bill 357 Bill text (of joint favorable substitute)
Primary Sponsor Environment Committee
Beverages Covered Adds water and other noncarbonated beverages
Handling fee Increases to 3¢ for non alcoholic beverages
Reclamation System Adds a limit of 50 containers per day, requires redemption to be within 200 feet of a business' main entrance

Progress

February 21, 2008: Introduced and referred to Joint Committee on Environment

April 4, 2008: A joint favorable substitute was approved and tabled for the Calendar, Senate

May 1, 2008: The bill passed Senate and was referred to House, where it was rejected by the House Speaker.

Contacts

Betty McLaughlin
Container Recycling Institute.
(202) 263-0999
Contact Online

Chris Phelps
ConnPIRG
(860) 233-7554
[email protected]