NY State Senate Bill 2019-S944

Senate Bill S944

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the reporting of electronic waste collection and recycling data, the sale of electronic waste and the carry-forward of sales of electronic waste

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S944 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§27-2603, 27-2615 & 27-2605, add §27-2614, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7971
2017-2018: S2116

2019-S944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reporting of electronic waste collection and recycling data, the sale of electronic waste and the carry-forward of sales of electronic waste.

2019-S944 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S944

SPONSOR: O'MARA
 
TITLE OF BILL:  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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would establish a statewide recycling goal for electftpic
waste( E-waste) starting in 2019 and ease the municipal burden df deal-
ing with E-waste by raising the manufacturer's acceptance standard of
E-waste and sets deadlines and requirements for that purpose.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes the statewide recycling or reuse goal for E-waste
as the base weight of the product multiplied by the goal attainment
percentage. "Base weight" is defined at the greater of either the aver-
age weight of all the E-waste collected during the three calendar years

preceding the most recent report, or the three year average of the sum
of all E-waste collected in the three calendar years preceding to the
most recent report.

Section 2 establishes the deadlines for which. the Department of Envi-
ronmental Conservation (DEC) must publish the recycling goal for the
following year and the deadline for which the DEC must notify manufac-
turers of the new manufacturer acceptance standard.

Section 3 establishes the deadline for which manufacturers must certify
to the DEC that the manufacturer has entered into contractual agreements
for one hundred percent of the weight of e-waste associated with their
respective manufacturer's acceptance standard.

Section 4 states E-waste collectors, consolidators, or recyclers may
bank unsold electronic waste for sale in the subsequent 4 years after
the waste is obtained, provided that no more than twenty-five percent of
the E-waste is sold in any such subsequent year.

Section 5 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

E-waste collection and recycling data is reported to the DEC on March 1
of the concurrent calendar year in which the DEC determines the allo-
cation of the manufacturer acceptance standard. Because of this, the DEC
is not able to calculate this standard until the third quarter of the
subject year.

Many manufacturino representatives and collective organizations wait
until the fourth quarter to purchase collected pounds of electronic
waste. Recyclers are then often pressured to sell pounds of recycled
electronics at a discount or risk riot receiving any revenue.

By using the average of the previous years' recycling data, the DEC is
able to publish the manufacturer's accepted standard before the start of
the subject calendar year. Manufacturers are then able to certify that

they have entered into contractual agreements for their E-waste earlier
in the subject calendar year.

Allowing collectors, consolidators, and recyclers to carry forward some
of their E-waste into subsequent years matches the flexibility granted
to manufacturers and creates a balance between purchasers and sellers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018 - S.2116
2016 - S.7971

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    944
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              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:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (e) of subdivision 3 of section 27-2603 of the
 environmental conservation law is relettered paragraph  (f)  and  a  new
 paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (E)  FOR  CALENDAR  YEARS  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND THEREAFTER, THE
 STATEWIDE RECYCLING OR REUSE GOAL FOR ALL ELECTRONIC WASTE SHALL BE  THE
 PRODUCT OF THE BASE WEIGHT MULTIPLIED BY THE GOAL ATTAINMENT PERCENTAGE.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "BASE WEIGHT" MEANS THE GREATER OF:
   (I) THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF ALL ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTED FOR RECYCLING
 OR  REUSE DURING THE THREE CALENDAR YEARS PRECEDING THE CALENDAR YEAR IN
 WHICH THE MOST RECENT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 27-2617 OF THIS TITLE; OR
   (II) THE THREE YEAR  AVERAGE  OF  THE  SUM  OF  ALL  ELECTRONIC  WASTE
 COLLECTED FOR RECYCLING OR REUSE DURING THE THREE CALENDAR YEARS PRECED-
 ING  THE  CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE MOST RECENT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO
 THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION  ONE,  PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO AND PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
 27-2613 OF THIS TITLE.
   §  2. Section 27-2615 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding two new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH THE STATEWIDE RECYCLING OR REUSE  GOAL
 NO  LATER  THAN  SEPTEMBER  FIFTEENTH OF THE YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR FOR
 WHICH THE STATEWIDE RECYCLING OR REUSE GOAL HAS BEEN SET.
   5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY EACH  MANUFACTURER  OF  ITS  RESPECTIVE
 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.

                                                            LBD05702-01-9

 S. 944                              2
 
 SECTION 27-2603 OF THIS TITLE NO LATER THAN DECEMBER  FIFTEENTH  OF  THE
 PRECEDING  YEAR FOR WHICH SUCH MANUFACTURER ACCEPTANCE STANDARD HAS BEEN
 SET.
   §  3. Section 27-2605 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NO LATER THAN JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE YEAR FOR WHICH A MANUFACTURER'S
 ACCEPTANCE STANDARD HAS BEEN SET BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  EACH  MANUFACTURER
 SHALL  CERTIFY  TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS ENTERED INTO
 CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS FOR ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE  WEIGHT  OF  ELEC-
 TRONIC WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH MANUFACTURER'S ACCEPTANCE STANDARD.
   §  4.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 27-2614 to read as follows:
 § 27-2614. UNSOLD ELECTRONIC WASTE; SALE CARRY-FORWARD.
   BEGINNING WITH CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  AN  ELECTRONIC
 WASTE  COLLECTOR,  ELECTRONIC  WASTE  CONSOLIDATOR  AND/OR AN ELECTRONIC
 WASTE RECYCLER MAY BANK UNSOLD ELECTRONIC WASTE FOR SUBSEQUENT  SALE  IN
 ANY  OF THE SUCCESSIVE FOUR CALENDAR YEARS IN WHICH THE ELECTRONIC WASTE
 WAS OBTAINED, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT  OF
 ANY  SUCH ELECTRONIC WASTE SHALL BE SOLD IN ANY SUCH SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR
 YEAR.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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