New York A 1924: Requires manufacturers to meet certain standards with their packaging in New York state to reduce waste

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A01924 Summary:

BILL NOA01924 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORColton (MS)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRRivera

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Add §27-0721, En Con L

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Requires manufacturers to meet certain standards with their packaging in New York state to reduce waste; establishes the guidelines and sets a timetable by which manufacturers must comply with these provisions.

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BILL NOA01924 

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01/14/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1924

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RIVERA
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
 reduction and recycling of packaging

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "environmentally sound packaging act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature hereby
 4 finds and declares that a solid waste crisis exists in New York state,
 5 and that the amount of solid waste requiring disposal has continued to
 6 increase. The legislature further finds that over thirty percent of
 7 municipal solid waste is comprised of packaging, that the production of
 8 packaging has more than doubled in the last twenty years, and that this
 9 portion of the municipal solid waste stream could be significantly
 10 reduced through source reduction and material changes to increase the
 11 reusability, recycled content, and recyclability of such packaging. The
 12 legislature further finds that the reduction of packaging waste and the
 13 success of municipal recycling is dependent on greatly increasing demand
 14 for post-consumer materials in the manufacturing sector, that this
 15 demand is very limited at present, and attributable to a lack of incen-
 16 tives for manufacturers to increase the reusability, recycled content or
 17 recyclability of their packaging, with no federal or state standards
 18 applied to packaging based on such attributes or the lack of same.
 19 Therefore, the legislature finds and determines that there is a need to
 20 reduce packaging in the solid waste stream, by requiring that all pack-
 21 aging sold in New York state meet certain standards for reduction, reus-
 22 ability, recycled content, or recyclability.
 23 § 3. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 24 section 27-0721 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04821-01-5

 A. 1924 2

 1 § 27-0721. Packaging reduction and recycling.
 2 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Concentrate form" shall
 3 mean a product sold in a concentrated form that is one-third or less of
 4 the volume of the product in its intended use form.
 5 (b) "Environmentally sound packaging" shall mean packaging that is
 6 reduced or reusable or recycled or recyclable.
 7 (c) "Intermediate package" shall mean a wrap, box or bundle that
 8 contains two or more unit packages of identical items, and that may be
 9 enclosed by a shipping container.
 10 (d) "Manufacturer" shall mean a person, firm, association, partnership
 11 or corporation engaged in the production of packaging.
 12 (e) "Material" shall mean any substance from which packaging is made,
 13 including, but not limited to, paper, glass, plastic, and metal or any
 14 combination thereof.
 15 (f) "Packager" shall mean:
 16 (i) for packaging in which products are placed prior to their entry
 17 into the state, the packager is the person who receives title to the
 18 shipment before or upon entry into the state; provided that if such
 19 person is the purchaser in a retail sale involving direct shipment from
 20 outside the state, then the packager is the seller;
 21 (ii) for packaging in which a product is placed within t