CT SB00352

Adds definitions for "advanced recycling," "advanced recycling facility," and related manufacturing processes (pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, solvolysis) to Connecticut's solid waste statutes, effective October 1, 2022

Exempts advanced recycling facilities, post-use polymers, and recovered feedstocks from solid waste facility permitting and reporting requirements under sections 22a-208a, 22a-208c, 22a-208e, 22a-208i, and 22a-220

Requires advanced recycling facilities and their products to comply with all applicable environmental rules and regulations relating to manufacturing facilities rather than solid waste disposal rules

Defines "post-use polymers" as plastics derived from residential, industrial, commercial, institutional or agricultural activities that may contain residual amounts of solid waste and incidental contaminants, and "recovered feedstocks" as processed materials designated for use in advanced recycling facilities

Establishes that "advanced recycling" does not constitute solid waste management, disposal, energy recovery, or combustion, distinguishing these manufacturing processes from traditional waste management