Sec. 22a-256ee. Directory publishers: Recycling goals.

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Any directory publisher who publishes a directory which does not meet the recycled content standard provided for in section 22a-256z shall file a plan with the commissioner not later than ninety days after such publication which shall provide that at least forty per cent of such directories distributed by such publisher in this state shall be retrieved and recycled and such percentage shall be increased by five per cent per year until fifty per cent or more are retrieved and recycled.

Any directory publisher who publishes a directory which meets such standard shall annually retrieve and recycle at least thirty per cent of its directories distributed in this state unless the commissioner determines that

(1)fifty per cent or more of the municipalities in this state accept such publisher's directories as part of municipal recycling programs and that such directories are recycled or

(2)fifty per cent or more of the intermediate solid waste processing centers in this state accept such directories as part of a recycling program and that such directories are recycled.