Bill Text: NY S09585 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a composting symbol to denote composting-acceptable materials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S09585 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09585-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9585

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  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
          establishing a symbol to denote environmental composting

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

     1    Section 1. The  environmental  conservation  law  is  amended  by  new
     2  section 3-0323 to read as follows:
     3  § 3-0323. Composting symbol. The department shall:
     4    1.  develop  a  symbol  denoting a product that is acceptable in every
     5  composting facility governed by the department;
     6    2. create a list of categories of products that shall bear the  symbol
     7  pursuant  to  subdivision one of this section, including but not limited
     8  to single-use food containers, utensils, and wrappers,  and  compostable
     9  plastics (not biodegradable, as differentiated from compostable); and
    10    3.  promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of, and to
    11  determine penalties for non-compliance with this section.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14471-01-4