Bill Text: NY A06262 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "New York state waste recycling and reduction act" to require each commercial building in the state to recycle paper products and single-use plastic products produced or used on site.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A06262 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06262-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6262

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          enacting the "New York state waste recycling and reduction act"

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "New York state waste recycling and reduction act".
     3    § 2. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law  is  amended  by
     4  adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
     5                                  TITLE 34
     6                            COMMERCIAL RECYCLING
     7  Section 27-3401. Definitions.
     8          27-3403. Commercial recycling program.
     9  § 27-3401. Definitions.
    10    For purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the follow-
    11  ing meanings:
    12    1.  "commercial building" shall mean any building that is used, or any
    13  building of which a portion is used, for buying,  selling  or  otherwise
    14  providing  goods  or services, or for other lawful business, commercial,
    15  professional services or manufacturing activities;
    16    2. "recycle" shall mean to separate, dismantle or process the  materi-
    17  als,  components  or  commodities  contained in waste for the purpose of
    18  preparing the materials,  components  or  commodities  for  use  in  new
    19  products  or  components  thereof, but not for energy recovery or energy
    20  generation by means of  combustion,  gasification,  pyrolysis  or  other
    21  means.  Recycling includes the manual and mechanical separation of elec-
    22  tronic waste to recover materials, components or  commodities  contained
    23  therein for the purpose of recycling, and changing the physical or chem-
    24  ical  composition of waste to segregate components for purposes of recy-
    25  cling those components; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06716-01-3
        A. 6262                             2

     1    3. "single-use plastic products" shall include:
     2    (a) plastic bags;
     3    (b) cling film plastic food packaging;
     4    (c) non-recyclable plastic bottles;
     5    (d) plastic straws;
     6    (e)  plastic  plates,  non-reusable  plastic containers, plastic cups,
     7  plastic lids and plastic stirrers;
     8    (f) plastic cutlery;
     9    (g) plastic rings used in packaging;
    10    (h) styrofoam plates, styrofoam  take-away  containers  and  styrofoam
    11  trays; and
    12    (i) any other single-use plastic products determined to be included by
    13  the department.
    14  § 27-3403. Commercial recycling program.
    15    1.  The  department  shall establish a commercial recycling program to
    16  require each commercial building in the state to recycle paper  products
    17  and single-use plastic products produced or used on site.
    18    2.  Each commercial building shall arrange for the collection of paper
    19  products and single-use plastic  products.  A  commercial  building  may
    20  arrange  for  the  collection  of such products by a private carter, may
    21  transport such products itself, or may process such products on site, if
    22  the department determines that adequate recycling processes exist.
    23    3. Commercial property owners and commercial building management shall
    24  provide collection and educational resources, including regular  period-
    25  ical  guidance,  training,  updates,  signage, and flyers, for its work-
    26  force, tenants and the public for the purposes of teaching and retaining
    27  effective procedures for sorting materials for recycling.
    28    4. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations as  necessary
    29  to implement this title.
    30    5.  This  title  shall not limit the authority of a local governmental
    31  agency to adopt, implement, or enforce requirements  on  recycling  that
    32  are more stringent or comprehensive than the requirements of this title.
    33    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    34  it shall have become a law.