Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6814
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NY State Senate Bill S6814
senate Bill S6814
Relates to the regulation of the sale of plastic trash bags
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
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Jan 08, 2020 referred to environmental conservation
Oct 28, 2019 referred to rules
S6814 (ACTIVE) - Details
A8878
Senate Environmental Conservation
Add Art 27 Title 30 §§27-3001 - 27-3009, En Con L
S6814 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Regulates the sale of plastic trash bags; requires plastic trash bags be made of 30% post-consumer materials.
S6814 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6814
SPONSOR: METZGER
relation to the sale of plastic trash bags
The purpose of this legislation is require plastic bags to contain a
minimum percentage of post-consumer material.
Section 1 - Amends Article 27 of the environmental conservation law
creating a new title 30 "Regulation of Plastic Trash bags".
Every plastic trash bag for sale in the state shall contain by weight,
at least thirty percent recycled post-consumer material. The Department
of Environmental Conservation may promulgate rules and regulations
requiring a higher percentage of post-consumer material.
Labeling requirements - Every plastic trash bad sold in the state shall
be labeled by the manufacturer indicating the post-consumer material
Violations of this section will result in a warning for the first
violation, any subsequent violations will result in a $500 fine per
Section 2 - This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.
This is a new provision of law.
Single-use plastic products have become part of modern life. However, as
international recycling markets have changed it has become increasingly
difficult to find buyers of post-consumer plastics. The United Nations
estimates that since the 1950s the rate of plastic production has grown
faster than any other material. Plastic pollution is prevalent in all
segments of the environment but of particular concern in streams, rivers
and oceans. Since plastics do not degrade quickly they may persist in
the environment for centuries.  Plastic products also poses a threat to
the climate. A recent study by the University of California Santa
Barbara estimated that in 2015 all emission from plastic amounted to
nearly 1.8 billion metric tons of carbon  dioxide. To address this envi-
ronmental crisis more opportunities for post-consumer plastics must be
created. A California law requires at least ten percent of the weight of
plastic trash bags contain post-consumer materials. This legislation
would do the same but raise that threshold to thirty percent. By requir-
ing thirty percent post-consumer material in plastic trash bags, a new
market emerges for the reuse of plastics which contributes to an overall
reduction, in plastic production.
S6814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
sale of plastic trash bags
by adding a new title 30 to read as follows:
REGULATION OF PLASTIC TRASH BAGS
SECTION 27-3001. DEFINITIONS.
27-3003. REGULATION OF THE SALE OF PLASTIC TRASH BAGS.
27-3005. LABELING REQUIREMENTS.
27-3007. VIOLATIONS.
27-3009. REGULATIONS.
§ 27-3001. DEFINITIONS.
1. "MANUFACTURER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, FIRM,  ASSOCIATION,  PARTNER-
SHIP,  OR  CORPORATION, WHICH MAKES PLASTIC TRASH BAGS TO BE USED IN THE
DISPOSAL OF WASTE.
2. "PLASTIC TRASH BAG" SHALL MEAN A BAG INTENDED TO  HOLD,  STORE,  OR
TRANSPORT  MATERIALS  MEANT  TO  BE  DISCARDED,  COMPOSTED, OR RECYCLED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GARBAGE BAGS, COMPOSTING BAGS,  YARD  BAGS,
CAN-LINERS, AND RECYCLING BAGS.
3.  "POST-CONSUMER  MATERIAL"  SHALL  MEAN THOSE PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS
GENERATED BY A BUSINESS OR CONSUMER WHICH HAVE SERVED THEIR INTENDED END
USE AS CONSUMER ITEMS AND WHICH HAVE BEEN SEPARATED OR DIVERTED FROM THE
WASTE STREAM FOR THE PURPOSES OF COLLECTION AND RECYCLING AS A SECONDARY
MATERIAL FEEDSTOCK.
4. "RETAILER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT  ENGAGES
IN THE SALE OF PLASTIC TRASH BAGS.
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§ 27-3003. REGULATION OF THE SALE OF PLASTIC TRASH BAGS.
EVERY PLASTIC TRASH BAG OFFERED FOR SALE OR SOLD BY A RETAILER IN THIS
STATE  SHALL  CONTAIN, BY WEIGHT, AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT RECYCLED POST-
CONSUMER MATERIAL. THE DEPARTMENT MAY PROMULGATE RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
REQUIRING  A  HIGHER  PERCENTAGE  OF  POST-CONSUMER MATERIAL CONTENT FOR
PLASTIC TRASH BAGS.
§ 27-3005. LABELING REQUIREMENTS.
EVERY PACKAGE OF PLASTIC TRASH  BAGS  SOLD  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL  BE
LABELED  BY  THE  MANUFACTURER  INDICATING  THE  POST-CONSUMER  MATERIAL
CONTENT OF THE PLASTIC TRASH BAGS BY WEIGHT.
§ 27-3007. VIOLATIONS.
1. ANY RETAILER FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE SHALL RECEIVE A
WARNING NOTICE FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION. ANY  RETAILER  FOUND  TO  SUBSE-
QUENTLY  BE  IN VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A PENALTY OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER VIOLATION.
2. ANY MANUFACTURER FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE  SUBJECT
TO A PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER VIOLATION.
3.  NO  RETAILER  SHALL  BE  FOUND  IN VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE IF SUCH
RETAILER IN GOOD FAITH RELIES  ON  THE  LABEL  AS  REQUIRED  BY  SECTION
27-3005 OF THIS TITLE.
§ 27-3009. REGULATIONS.
THE  DEPARTMENT  IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS
NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.