AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAMS.

HB 5133 requires Connecticut towns to establish mandatory food scrap recycling programs by creating a grant program administered by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The grants would cover costs for towns to divert food scraps (like spoiled groceries and food waste) from landfills and into recycling streams. This bill directly affects all 169 Connecticut municipalities by mandating a new waste management requirement, funded through state grants. The key provision is the state-funded program to make mandatory food scrap recycling financially feasible for local governments.