NY Env Conserv L § 54-0701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act Title 7 - Municipal Waste Reduction or Recycling Projects 54-0701 - Definitions.

§ 54-0701. Definitions.As used in this title the following terms shall mean and include:1.  "Cost"  means  the  capital  cost of a municipal recycling project   including engineering and architectural  services,  surveys,  plans  and   specifications;  consultant  and legal services; lands acquired pursuant   to the conditions set forth in section 54-0709 of this title, and  other   direct  capital  expenses  incident  to such a project, less any federal   assistance or other assistance received or to be received. "Cost"  shall   also include the capital, planning and promotional costs associated with   waste reduction projects, the costs related to household hazardous waste   collection  and  disposal  programs,  and the costs related to planning,   educational and promotional activities  associated  with  a  recyclables   recovery   program.   "Cost"   shall  also  include  beverage  container   assistance  program  grants   to   municipalities   and   not-for-profit   organizations  pursuant  to  section  27-1018 of this chapter. Provided,   however, "cost" shall exclude any cost incurred prior  to  April  first,   nineteen  hundred  ninety-three, and shall further exclude costs related   to planning, educational and promotional activities  associated  with  a   recyclables   recovery  program  incurred  prior  to  April  first,  two   thousand.2. "Recyclables recovery equipment"  means  structures,  machinery  or   devices,  singly  or  in combination, designed, constructed and required   primarily to separate,  process,  modify,  convert,  treat,  or  prepare   collected  solid  waste,  which  is  included  as  part of a recyclables   recovery  program  so  that  component  materials   or   substances   or   recoverable  resources may be used as a raw material for new products or   for useful  purposes  other  than  for  energy  recovery,  and  for  the   collection and preparation for disposal of household hazardous waste.3.  "Recyclables  recovery  program"  means  a program undertaken by a   municipality  consistent  with  requirements  of  section  one   hundred   twenty-aa   of   the   general   municipal   law   to  provide  for  the   environmentally sound recovery of recyclables, primarily  involving  the   collection, aggregation and processing of recyclable materials for their   use as raw materials for new products or for other useful purposes other   than  for  energy  recovery,  through  facilities  planned, designed and   constructed to ensure  environmental  protection  and  to  maximize  the   potential  for recyclables recovery. A recyclables recovery program also   shall mean planning, educational and promotional activities to  increase   public  awareness  of and participation in recycling. Such program shall   have been approved by the commissioner and  undertaken  consistent  with   any  local  solid  waste  management plan pursuant to section 27-0107 of   this chapter.4. "Recycling project" means recyclables  recovery  equipment,  source   separation  equipment, a recyclables recovery program or any combination   thereof required by a recyclables recovery program and the reimbursement   to municipalities and not-for-profit corporations,  as  such  terms  are   defined in section 54-0101 of this article, for the cost of a redemption   center as defined in section 27-1003 of this chapter.5. "Source separation equipment" means municipally-owned:a. Add-ons or trailers designed to modify collection vehicles to allow   sorting  and  separation  of  collected  wastes  held for the purpose of   recycling;b. Containers for the  source  separation  and  temporary  storage  of   recyclable   wastes   by   commercial,   industrial   and  institutional   generators, and for the  source  separation  and  temporary  storage  of   recyclable  wastes  by single family and multiple family dwellings prior   to collection; c. Bins, sheds or  other  facilities  for  the  temporary  storage  of   materials prior to transport for the purposes of recycling; andd.  Collection  vehicles  specifically  designed to hold and transport   source separated recyclables.6. "Waste reduction projects" means projects undertaken to reduce  the   volume  or  toxicity  of  material  entering  the  municipal solid waste   stream, by reducing the volume or toxicity of such material at the point   of generation. Waste  reduction  projects  shall  include  planning  and   educational  or  promotional  activities to increase public awareness of   methods to prevent the  generation  of  waste  including  the  reuse  of   certain materials, substitution of non-toxic household products, and the   promotion of backyard composting.7.  "Household  hazardous waste" shall mean solid waste emanating from   households (including single and multiple residences, hotels and motels,   bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic  grounds   and  day-use  recreation areas) which but for their point of generation,   would be a hazardous waste under title 9 of article 27 of  this  chapter   or a "pesticide" as defined in article 33 of this chapter.