West Hartford, CT Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Section 94-12, 'Nonresidential recycling program establishment and requirements,' was added December 18, 1990, amended May 10, 2005, and took effect January 1, 1991. Subsection A requires all properties other than residential property, defined in § 94-1 as real estate containing one or more dwelling units but excluding hospitals, motels and hotels, to separate designated recyclable materials from solid waste, pursuant to the state recycling statute, C.G.S. § 22a-241. That reaches commercial premises, industrial premises, and institutions such as schools and nonprofit or fraternal organizations, all terms defined in § 94-1.

Subsection B backs the separation mandate with a graduated civil-penalty ladder applied per property within a rolling twelve-month period: a written warning for a first violation, then a civil penalty of no less than $100 for a second violation, no less than $200 for a third, and no less than $500 for a fourth violation within the same twelve months. Because the penalty resets on a twelve-month clock rather than accumulating indefinitely, a property that goes a full year without a repeat violation returns to the written-warning tier if cited again.

Enforcement runs through the Director of Public Works or a designee under § 94-9, the same office responsible for the rest of Chapter 94's collection and licensing rules, and the mandate operates alongside the parallel residential program the Town adopted the same day at § 94-13.