Assembly Bill A3193

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires single-use beverage containers to be manufactured with seventy-five percent recycled materials

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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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2021-A3193 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2739
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-1011, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8664, S8097

2021-A3193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires single-use beverage containers to be manufactured with seventy-five percent recycled materials for sale in the state.

2021-A3193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3193
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, STIRPE, JACOBSON, GOTTFRIED, BARRETT, GRIF-
   FIN,  PHEFFER AMATO,  STECK, GALEF, SIMON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  single-use  beverage  containers  to  be  manufactured with
   seventy-five percent recycled materials
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  27-1011 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. A. NO DEPOSIT INITIATOR, DISTRIBUTOR OR DEALER SHALL SELL OR  OFFER
 FOR  SALE,  AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL IN THIS STATE, ANY SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
 BEVERAGE CONTAINER THAT IS COMPRISED OF LESS THAN  SEVENTY-FIVE  PERCENT
 RECYCLED MATERIALS.
   B. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (I)  "SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER" SHALL MEAN ANY INDIVIDUAL
 BOTTLE, CAN, JAR, CARTON OR OTHER CONTAINER THAT IS COMPRISED WHOLLY  OR
 IN  LARGE  PART  OF  PLASTIC AND IS INTENDED TO BE DISPOSED OF AFTER ONE
 USE.
   (II) "RECYCLED MATERIALS" SHALL MEAN ANY PRODUCT WHICH HAS BEEN  MANU-
 FACTURED FROM SECONDARY MATERIALS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 27-0401 OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06431-01-1

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