New York A 4059: Requires all public buildings and all parks, recreation and historic preservation sites have bins for recyclable and compostable materials

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A04059 Summary:

BILL NOA04059 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRHawley, McDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §148, Pub Bldg L; amd §3.09, Pks & Rec L

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Requires all public buildings and all parks, recreation and historic preservation sites have bins for recyclable and compostable materials.

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BILL NOA04059 

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01/31/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4059

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law and the parks, recreation and
 historic preservation law, in relation to requiring all public build-
 ings and all parks, recreation and historic preservation sites have
 bins for recyclable and compostable materials

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

 1 Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
 2 148 to read as follows:
 3 § 148. Bins for recyclable and compostable materials. A covered
 4 public building shall establish and implement a program for the
 5 collection of recyclable and compostable materials that are discarded in
 6 such building. Such recyclable materials shall include, but not be
 7 limited to, metal, plastic, glass and paper. Such compostable materials
 8 shall include, but not be limited to, food scraps, tree and brush trim-
 9 mings, leaves, and other compostable materials. In each such building
 10 there shall be installed bins for the collection of recyclable materials
 11 and bins for the collection of compostable materials. Such bins shall
 12 be alongside any undesignated waste bins and any bins for non-recycla-
 13 ble, non-compostable waste. A bin designated for recyclable materials
 14 shall be regularly collected and the recyclable materials within recy-
 15 cled. A bin designated for compostable materials shall be regularly
 16 collected and the contents within composted.
 17 § 2. Subdivision 23 of section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and
 18 historic preservation law, as added by chapter 312 of the laws of 2017,
 19 is amended to read as follows:
 20 23. Establish and implement a program for the collection of recyclable
 21 and compostable materials that are discarded in state parks, state
 22 historic sites and state recreational facilities. Such recyclable mate-
 23 rials shall include, but not be limited to, metal, plastic, glass and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04742-01-5

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 1 paper. Such compostable materials shall include, but not be limited to,
 2 food scraps, tree and brush trimmings, leaves, and other compostable
 3 materials. In each such park, historic site and recreational facility
 4 the office shall install bins for the collection of recyclable materials
 5 and bins for the collection of compostable materials. Such bins shall be
 6 alongside any undesignated waste bins and any bins for non-recyclable,
 7 non-compostable waste. The office shall regularly collect and provide
 8 for the recycling of the recyclable materials collected and shall regu-
 9 larly collect and provide for the composting of compostable materials
 10 collected.
 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law.

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