Bill Text: NY A07201 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7201 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring state and municipal agencies to purchase compostable single use tableware; requires state and municipal agencies purchasing single use tableware to purchase single use tableware made from material that is compostable unless there is no affordable compostable product available.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to environmental conservation [A07201 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07201-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7201

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, COLTON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          requiring  state and municipal agencies to purchase compostable single
          use tableware

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

     1    Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding a new title 32 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 32
     4                      COMPOSTABLE SINGLE USE TABLEWARE
     5  Section 27-3201. Definitions.
     6          27-3203. Required compostable single use tableware.
     7  § 27-3201. Definitions.
     8    For  the  purposes  of  this title, the following terms shall have the
     9  following meanings:
    10    1. "Affordable" means purchasable for not more  than  fifteen  percent
    11  more than the purchase cost of the non-compostable alternative.
    12    2. "Agency" means any department, agency, board, public benefit corpo-
    13  ration, public authority, or commission.
    14    3.  "Compostable"  means  all  the  materials  in the product will (a)
    15  undergo degradation by biological processes during composting  to  yield
    16  carbon  dioxide,  water,  inorganic  compounds,  and  biomass  at a rate
    17  consistent with other known compostable materials and (b) leave no visi-
    18  ble, distinguishable or toxic residue, including no  adverse  impact  on
    19  the  ability  of  composts  to  support  plant  growth once the finished
    20  compost is placed in soil.
    21    4. "Municipal" means a village, town, city, or county.
    22    5. "Single use tableware" means all utensils, plates, dishes and  cups
    23  that are designed for one-time use.
    24  § 27-3203. Required compostable single use tableware.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01951-02-1

        A. 7201                             2

     1    All state and municipal agencies purchasing single use tableware shall
     2  purchase  single  use  tableware  made from material that is compostable
     3  unless there is no affordable compostable product available.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment  and/or
     6  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
     7  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
     8  such effective date.