The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop a public education program on waste reduction. The program shall include (1) promotion of packages and products which are reusable, recyclable or made with postconsumer recycled material, and (2) discouragement of packages which are not recyclable, difficult to recycle, are made of virgin materials or have excessive amounts of material or may have adverse environmental impacts when disposed of by incineration or in a landfill.
(P.A. 89-385, S. 7; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.