New York S 6339: Requires contractors to recycle waste generated on construction and demolition sites

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S06339 Summary:

BILL NOS06339 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03153

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SPONSORSANDERS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-0721, En Con L

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Requires contractors to recycle a certain percentage of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites.

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BILL NOS06339 

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03/11/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6339

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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
 requiring contractors to recycle construction and demolition site
 waste

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The purpose of this act is to signif-
 2 icantly reduce the amount of waste produced by construction and demoli-
 3 tion activities in the state of New York. There are many opportunities
 4 to reduce or recycle materials from construction and demolition, includ-
 5 ing metals, cardboard, drywall, glass, wood and asphalt. This act is
 6 consistent with the goals of the state's solid waste management plan,
 7 complementing other recycling and recovery programs currently in effect.
 8 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 9 section 27-0721 to read as follows:
 10 § 27-0721. Construction and demolition site waste recycling.
 11 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
 12 (a) "Contractor" means a general contractor and shall also include any
 13 subcontractor engaged in the demolition or wrecking of a structure for
 14 which a permit is required.
 15 (b) "Construction and demolition debris" shall include, but not be
 16 limited to, metals, cardboard, drywall, glass, wood, concrete, brick and
 17 asphalt, but shall not include any material that is contaminated by
 18 lead, asbestos or other hazardous material such that recycling thereof
 19 would be illegal or unfeasible.
 20 (c) "Recycler" means a recycling facility, transfer station or other
 21 waste handling facility permitted pursuant to this article which accepts
 22 construction and demolition debris for recycling or for further transfer
 23 to a recycling facility.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06502-01-5

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 1 (d) "Reuse" means (i) the on-site use of reprocessed construction and
 2 demolition debris if the use of such debris is authorized by the commis-
 3 sioner; and (ii) the off-site redistribution of a material which would
 4 otherwise be disposed of, for use in the same or similar form as it was
 5 produced.
 6 2. Applicability. (a) Contractors shall recycle or reuse construction
 7 and demolition debris produced on site as part of construction or demo-
 8 lition activities by meeting the following requirements:
 9 (i) On a project that is issued a permit with an application date
 10 within one year of the effective date of this section, the contractor
 11 shall cause to be recycled or reused at least twenty-five percent of the
 12 construction and demolition debris, as measured by weight, produced on
 13 site.
 14 (ii) On a project that is issued a permit with an application date a
 15 year or more after the effective date of this section, the contractor
 16 shall cause to be recycled or reused at least fifty percent of the
 17 construction and demolition debris, as measured by weight, produced on
 18 site.
 19 (b) The following projects shall be subject to the provisions of this
 20 section:
 21 (i) Construction of new residential buildings with four or more dwell-
 22 ing units;
 23 (ii) Construction of new non-residential buildings, other than
 24 projects for which the total area is four thousand square feet or less;
 25 (iii) Any rehabilitation of non-residential buildings of more than
 26 four thousand square feet that will