STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 944 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the reporting of electronic waste collection and recycling data, the sale of electronic waste and the carry-forward of sales of electronic waste The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 27-2603 of the 2 environmental conservation law is relettered paragraph (f) and a new 3 paragraph (e) is added to read as follows: 4 (e) For calendar years two thousand twenty-one and thereafter, the 5 statewide recycling or reuse goal for all electronic waste shall be the 6 product of the base weight multiplied by the goal attainment percentage. 7 For the purposes of this paragraph, "base weight" means the greater of: 8 (i) the average weight of all electronic waste collected for recycling 9 or reuse during the three calendar years preceding the calendar year in 10 which the most recent report was submitted to the department pursuant to 11 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 27-2617 of this title; or 12 (ii) the three year average of the sum of all electronic waste 13 collected for recycling or reuse during the three calendar years preced- 14 ing the calendar year in which the most recent report was submitted to 15 the department pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one, paragraph 16 (b) of subdivision two and paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section 17 27-2613 of this title. 18 § 2. Section 27-2615 of the environmental conservation law is amended 19 by adding two new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows: 20 4. The department shall publish the statewide recycling or reuse goal 21 no later than September fifteenth of the year preceding the year for 22 which the statewide recycling or reuse goal has been set. 23 5. The department shall notify each manufacturer of its respective 24 manufacturer acceptance standard as established in subdivision four of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05702-01-9S. 944 2 1 section 27-2603 of this title no later than December fifteenth of the 2 preceding year for which such manufacturer acceptance standard has been 3 set. 4 § 3. Section 27-2605 of the environmental conservation law is amended 5 by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 6 9. No later than June thirtieth of the year for which a manufacturer's 7 acceptance standard has been set by the department each manufacturer 8 shall certify to the department that the manufacturer has entered into 9 contractual agreements for one hundred percent of the weight of elec- 10 tronic waste associated with such manufacturer's acceptance standard. 11 § 4. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new 12 section 27-2614 to read as follows: 13 § 27-2614. Unsold electronic waste; sale carry-forward. 14 Beginning with calendar year two thousand twenty-one, an electronic 15 waste collector, electronic waste consolidator and/or an electronic 16 waste recycler may bank unsold electronic waste for subsequent sale in 17 any of the successive four calendar years in which the electronic waste 18 was obtained, provided however that no more than twenty-five percent of 19 any such electronic waste shall be sold in any such subsequent calendar 20 year. 21 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.