Assembly Bill A10433

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the recycling of film plastic

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A10433 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-2701, 27-2703, 27-2705, 27-2707 & 27-2709, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A191

2011-A10433 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the recycling of film plastic.

2011-A10433 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10433

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  recycling of film plastic

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation law, as
added by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7.  "FILM PLASTIC" MEANS UNCONTAMINATED NON-RIGID FILM PLASTIC PACKAG-
ING PRODUCTS COMPOSED OF PLASTIC RESINS,  WHICH  INCLUDE,  BUT  ARE  NOT
LIMITED TO, NEWSPAPER BAGS, DRY CLEANING BAGS AND SHRINK-WRAP.
  S  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 27-2703 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as added by chapter 641 of the laws of  2008,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  The  operator  of  a  store  shall establish an at-store recycling
program pursuant to the provisions of this title that provides an oppor-
tunity for a customer of the store to return to the store clean  plastic
carryout bags AND FILM PLASTIC.
  S  3.  Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 27-2705 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter 641  of  the  laws  of  2008,  are
amended to read as follows:
  2.  a  plastic  carryout  bag  collection  bin that is visible, easily
accessible to the consumer, and clearly marked that the  collection  bin
is  available for the purpose of collecting and recycling plastic carry-
out bags AND FILM PLASTIC.  This subdivision shall apply to  stores  not
within  an  enclosed shopping mall and stores of at least fifty thousand
square feet within an enclosed shopping mall. In the case of an enclosed
shopping mall, the owner of  the  enclosed  mall  shall  place  bins  at
reasonable intervals throughout the enclosed mall area;
  3.  all  plastic carryout bags AND FILM PLASTIC collected by the store
to be collected, transported and recycled along with any other  in-store
plastic  recycling,  except  for  plastic bags that are not sufficiently
free of foreign material to enter the recycling stream. Plastic carryout

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

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