New York Environmental Conservation Law Title 10 - LITTER AND SOLID WASTE CONTROL

• 27-1001 - Legislative Findings.
  The legislature hereby finds that litter composed of discarded beverage containers is a growing problem of state concern and a direct threat to the health...
• 27-1003 - Definitions.
  Whenever used in this title: 1. "Beverage" means carbonated soft drinks, water, beer, other malt beverages and a wine product as defined in subdivision thirty-six-a...
• 27-1005 - Refund Value.
  No person shall sell or offer for sale a beverage container in this state unless the deposit on such beverage container is or has been...
• 27-1007 - Mandatory Acceptance.
  Except as provided in section 27-1009 of this title: 1. (a) A dealer shall accept at his or her place of business from a redeemer...
• 27-1009 - Refusal of Acceptance.
  1. A dealer or operator of a redemption center may refuse to accept from a redeemer, and a deposit initiator or distributor may refuse to...
• 27-1011 - Beverage Container Requirements.
  1. a. Every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state shall clearly indicate by permanently marking or embossing the container or by...
• 27-1012 - Deposit and Disposition of Refund Values; Registration; Reports.
  1. Each deposit initiator shall deposit in a refund value account an amount equal to the refund value initiated under section 27-1005 of this title...
• 27-1013 - Redemption Centers.
  1. The commissioner is hereby empowered to promulgate rules and regulations governing (a) the circumstances in which deposit initiators, dealers and distributors, individually or collectively,...
• 27-1014 - Authority to Promulgate Rules and Regulations.
  In addition to the authority of the commissioner, under sections 27-1009 and 27-1013 of this title, the commissioner shall have the power to promulgate rules...
• 27-1015 - Violations.
  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 27-1012 of this title, any person who shall violate any provision of this title shall...
• 27-1016 - Public Education.
  The commissioner shall establish a public education program to disseminate information regarding implementation of this title. Such information shall include, but not be limited to,...
• 27-1018 - Beverage Container Assistance Program.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, within the limits of appropriations therefor, the commissioner shall make state assistance payments to municipalities, businesses...
• 27-1019 - Severability.
  The provisions of this title shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this title, or the applicability thereof to any...

Last modified: February 3, 2019