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A08924 Summary:

BILL NOA08924 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRSeawright, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd En Con L, generally

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Establishes a recycling program for containers of adult-use cannabis sold in New York; requires such containers to be made of at least fifty percent recycled materials.

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BILL NOA08924 

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07/16/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8924

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 July 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 establishing a recycling program for containers of adult-use cannabis
 sold in New York, and requiring such containers to be made of at least
 fifty percent recycled materials

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

 1 Section 1. Section 27-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as
 2 amended by section 1 of part SS of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 § 27-1001. Legislative findings.
 5 The legislature hereby finds that litter composed of discarded bever-
 6 age containers and other single use containers is a growing problem of
 7 state concern and a direct threat to the health and safety of the citi-
 8 zens of this state. Discarded beverage containers and other single use
 9 containers create a hazard to vehicular traffic, a source of physical
 10 injury to pedestrians and farm animals, a hazard to farm and other
 11 machinery and an unsightly accumulation of litter which must be disposed
 12 of at increasing public expense. Beverage containers and other single
 13 use containers also create an unnecessary addition to the state's and
 14 municipalities' already overburdened solid waste and refuse disposal
 15 systems. Unsegregated disposal of such containers creates an impediment
 16 to the efficient operation of resource recovery plants. Further, the
 17 legislature finds that the uninhibited discard of beverage containers
 18 and other single use containers constitutes a waste of both mineral and
 19 energy resources. The legislature hereby finds that requiring a deposit
 20 on all beverage containers and single use cannabis containers, along
 21 with certain other facilitating measures, will provide a necessary
 22 incentive for the economically efficient and environmentally benign
 23 collection and recycling of such containers.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06225-01-5

 A. 8924 2

 1 § 2. Subdivisions 4, 5-a, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of section 27-1003, subdi-
 2 visions 4, 7, 8 and 10 as added by chapter 200 of the laws of 1982,
 3 subdivision 5-a as added and subdivisions 6 and 9 as amended by section
 4 3 of part SS of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, are amended and three
 5 new subdivisions 2-b, 14 and 15 are added to read as follows:
 6 2-b. "Cannabis packager" means a person, firm or corporation who
 7 bottles, cans or otherwise packages cannabis in cannabis containers
 8 except that if such packaging is for any other person, firm or corpo-
 9 ration having the right to bottle, can or otherwise package the same
 10 brand of cannabis, then such other person, firm or corporation shall be
 11 the cannabis packager.
 12 4. "Dealer" means:
 13 a. every person, firm or corporation who engages in the sale of bever-
 14 ages in beverage containers to a consumer for off premises consumption
 15 in this state; or
 16 b. every person, firm or corporation licensed under the laws of this
 17 state to engage in the sale of cannabis to an adult for use in this
 18 state.
 19 5-a. A "deposit initiator" for each beverage or cannabis container for
 20 which a refund value is established under section 27-1005 of this title
 21 means:
 22 a. the bottler of the beverage in such container, or the packager of
 23 ca