New York S 10211: Establishes a deposit and recycling program for wine containers and liquor containers

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S10211 Summary:

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Amd §§27-1003 & 27-1013, add §§27-1021 - 27-1033, En Con L

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Establishes a deposit and recycling program for wine containers and liquor containers with 5 cent deposits for containers less than 24 oz and 10 cent deposits for containers over 24 oz; provides for labeling of such containers; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS10211 

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05/05/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10211

 IN SENATE

 May 5, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 deposit and recycling program for wine containers and
 liquor containers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 27-1003 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by section 3 of part SS of chapter 59 of
 3 the laws of 2009, is amended and eight new subdivisions 14, 15, 16, 17,
 4 18, 19, 20 and 21 are added to read as follows:
 5 9. "Redemption center" means any person, firm or corporation who:
 6 (a) is offering to pay the refund value of an empty beverage container
 7 to a redeemer, or any person who contracts with one or more dealers or
 8 distributors to collect, sort and obtain the refund value and handling
 9 fee of empty beverage containers for, or on behalf of, such dealer or
 10 distributor under the provisions of section 27-1013 of this title; or
 11 (b) has entered into an agreement with the department under section
 12 27-1025 of this title to accept empty wine containers and liquor
 13 containers for which a deposit was paid in the state and pay applicable
 14 refund values; provided, however, that a person, firm or corporation who
 15 has entered into such an agreement shall not be required to accept
 16 beverage containers unless otherwise required under this title.
 17 14. "Wine" shall have the same meaning as defined by subdivision thir-
 18 ty-six of section three of the alcoholic beverage control law.
 19 15. "Wine container" means the individual, separate, sealed glass,
 20 metal, aluminum, steel, paper or plastic bottle, can, jar, pouch, blad-
 21 der, or box, or other container, regardless of the material type from
 22 which the wine container is made, used for containing less than one
 23 gallon or 3.78 liters of wine intended for use or consumption in this
 24 state.
 25 16. "Liquor" shall have the same meaning as defined by subdivision
 26 nineteen of section three of the alcoholic beverage control law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15759-01-6

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 1 17. "Liquor container" means the individual, separate, sealed glass,
 2 metal, aluminum, steel, paper or plastic bottle, can, jar, pouch, blad-
 3 der, or box, or other container, regardless of the material type from
 4 which the liquor container is made, used for containing less than one
 5 gallon or 3.78 liters of liquor intended for use or consumption in this
 6 state.
 7 18. "Wine or liquor deposit originator" means an entity licensed under
 8 section seventy-eight or section sixty-two of the alcoholic beverage
 9 control law, or any other entity licensed under such law to sell wine or
 10 liquor that has not purchased such wine or liquor from such licensees.
 11 19. "Brand owner" means the entity or individual that owns the brand
 12 or trade name of a wine, liquor or beverage produced for sale.
 13 20. "Recovery and recycling" means any method or technique utilized to
 14 separate, process, modify, convert, treat, or otherwise prepare wine
 15 containers and/or liquor containers that may be used as recycled materi-
 16 al products, raw materials or energy products.
 17 21. "Recovered materials" means the recycled material p