Proposed H.B. No. 5078
Session Year 2023

AN ACT DISCONTINUING THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE TRAYS IN SCHOOLS AND FOR FOOD CONTAINERS OFFERED BY CERTAIN RESTAURANTS.

To discontinue the use of polystyrene for school lunch trays and for food containers provided by certain restaurants.

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  Polystyrene 

 

• HB05617 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTICS WASTE.
• HB05619 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE ELIMINATION OF ALL POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS FROM SCHOOLS.

  Restaurants 

 

• HB05035 - AN ACT CONCERNING DOGS AND OUTDOOR DINING AREAS.
• HB05089 - AN ACT CONCERNING ALLERGENS SAFETY FOR PATRONS IN FOOD RETAIL.
• HB05568 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE REDUCTION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS.
• HB05728 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CANNABIS CAFES AND RESTAURANTS OFFERING CANNABIS-INFUSED FOOD ITEMS.
• HB05902 - AN ACT REQUIRING FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN RESTAURANTS.

  School meals 

 

• HB05114 - AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL LUNCH AVAILABILITY TO ALL STUDENTS.
• HB05208 - AN ACT ELIMINATING THE THIRTY-MINUTE TIME MANDATE REQUIRED FOR EDUCATOR LUNCH PERIODS.
• HB05209 - AN ACT CONCERNING STATE FUNDING TO PROVIDE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE TWELVE.
• HB05532 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR FREE STUDENT MEALS.
• HB05551 - AN ACT CONCERNING UNIVERSAL FREE AND HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS.
• HB05618 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE REDUCTION OF FOOD WASTE IN SCHOOLS.
• SB00268 - AN ACT CONCERNING QUALITY EDUCATION AND NUTRITIOUS LUNCHES FOR ALL.
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  Environmentally preferable products, services or practices 

 

• HB05010 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF TERRAMATION FOR HUMAN REMAINS.
• HB05070 - AN ACT PROHIBITING STATE AND MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS.
• HB05071 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF NONORGANIC PESTICIDES ON STATE OWNED PROPERTIES AND ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
• HB05213 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES IN CERTAIN STATE BUILDINGS AND REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION OF REUSABLE BOTTLE WATER -FILLING STATIONS IN SUCH BUILDINGS.
• HB05246 - AN ACT ALLOWING FOR THE DISPOSAL OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES THROUGH NATURAL ORGANIC REDUCTION.
• HB05564 - AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S CLIMATE FUTURE.
• HB05566 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF NONBIODEGRADABLE WRISTBANDS.
• HB05571 - AN ACT CONCERNING REDUCING PLASTICS AND DEVELOPING CONNECTICUT'S ECONOMY IN THE RECYCLABLE AND COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING SECTOR.
• HB05597 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF XERISCAPING AND OTHER LOW-IMPACT LANDSCAPING BY CERTAIN HOMEOWNERS.
• HB05600 - AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN COMPOSTING THROUGH NATURAL ORGANIC REDUCTION.
• HB05613 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ORGANIC WASTES.
• SB00042 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY SCORES OF COMPANIES INVESTED IN BY THE STATE TREASURER.
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