(a) As used in this section, “crushed recycled glass” means glass food or beverage containers and less than five per cent, by volume, of other solid waste materials, including plastic, metal and paper that (1) have been combined by processing source-separated recyclable solid waste at an intermediate processing facility; (2) cannot be marketed as a cullet for remelt; (3) have components that measure not greater than three-eighths of an inch in diameter; and (4) are virtually inert and pose neither a pollution threat to ground or surface waters nor a fire hazard.

(b) An owner or operator of a solid waste facility, as defined in section 22a-207, may use crushed recycled glass as cover material, as defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-209.

(c) A person may use crushed recycled glass as fill material, including, but not limited to, aggregate for asphalt or concrete or any other subgrade construction application in which such glass would serve as a substitute for sand or stone aggregate, provided such glass would not constitute greater than ten per cent, by volume, of clean fill, as defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-209.

(P.A. 02-11, S. 1; P.A. 03-65, S. 1; P.A. 04-109, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 03-65 added Subsec. (a) defining “crushed recycled glass”, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) re use of crushed recycled glass as fill material, effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 04-109 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective May 21, 2004.