Bill Text: NY A01534 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the sale or commercial use of styrofoam, commonly known as "packing peanuts" as a packaging material.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A01534 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01534-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1534 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to polystyrene loosefill packaging material The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended 2 by adding a new title 28 to read as follows: 3 TITLE 28 4 POLYSTYRENE LOOSEFILL PACKAGING MATERIAL 5 Section 27-2801. Polystyrene loosefill packaging material. 6 § 27-2801. Polystyrene loosefill packaging material. 7 1. For the purposes of this title, the following definitions shall 8 apply: 9 (a) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures loosefill packaging 10 material composed of expanded polystyrene. 11 (b) "Recycled material" means material from any of the following that 12 has been diverted from landfill disposal including: 13 (i) Material derived from a finished polystyrene product that has 14 completed its intended end use and product life cycle. 15 (ii) Material derived from a blemished, flawed, or otherwise unusable 16 finished polystyrene product. 17 (iii) Material derived from manufacturing and fabrication scrap from 18 production of a finished polystyrene product. 19 (c) "Wholesaler" means a person who purchases expanded polystyrene 20 loosefill packaging for resale in this state. 21 2. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section, on and 22 after January first, two thousand eighteen, a wholesaler or manufacturer 23 shall not sell or offer for sale in this state expanded polystyrene 24 loosefill packaging material. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05574-01-7A. 1534 2 1 3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to expanded polys- 2 tyrene loosefill packaging material composed of expanded polystyrene 3 that complies with the following requirements: 4 (a) On and after January first, two thousand eighteen, until December 5 thirty-first, two thousand nineteen, inclusive, it is comprised of at 6 least sixty percent recycled material. 7 (b) On and after January first, two thousand twenty, until December 8 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-two, inclusive, it is comprised of at 9 least eighty percent recycled material. 10 (c) On and after January first, two thousand twenty-three, it is 11 comprised of one hundred percent recycled material. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.