2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 27 - Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Refuse and Other Solid Waste › Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control › 27-1013 - Redemption Centers.

§ 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, are required  to
  accept  the  return  of  empty  beverage  containers, including beverage
  containers processed through reverse vending machines and  make  payment
  therefor; (b) the sorting of the containers which a deposit initiator or
  distributor  may  require  of  dealers  and  redemption centers; (c) the
  collection of returned beverage  containers  by  deposit  initiators  or
  distributors, including the party to whom such expense is to be charged,
  the  frequency of such pick ups and the payment for refunds and handling
  fees thereon; (d) the right of dealers to restrict or limit  the  number
  of  containers  redeemed, the rules for redemption at the dealers' place
  of business, and the redemption of containers from a beverage for  which
  sales  have  been  discontinued;  (e) to issue registrations to persons,
  firms or corporations which establish  redemption  centers,  subject  to
  applicable  provisions  of  local and state laws, at which redeemers and
  dealers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of  the
  refund  value  of  such beverage containers. Such registrations shall be
  issued at no cost. Should the department require by regulations  adopted
  pursuant  to  this  paragraph  that  redemption  centers  must  obtain a
  registration as a condition  of  operation,  any  redemption  center  in
  business  as  of  March  first,  two  thousand  thirteen that previously
  provided the department with the notification  information  required  by
  regulations  in effect as of such date may continue to operate as if the
  department had issued such redemption center a registration required  by
  regulations  adopted  under this paragraph; provided, however, that such
  redemption  center  shall  provide  the  department   with   any   other
  information  required by regulations adopted pursuant to this paragraph.
  The department  may,  after  due  notice  and  opportunity  of  hearing,
  pursuant  to  the provisions of section 71-1709 of this chapter, deny an
  application or revoke a registration. In determining whether or  not  to
  revoke  a  registration  the  commissioner shall at a minimum, take into
  consideration the compliance history of a violator, good  faith  efforts
  of  a  violator  to  comply, any economic benefit from noncompliance and
  whether the violation  was  procedural  in  nature.  The  commissioner's
  determination  to  revoke  a  registration  is  subject  to review under
  article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules; and  (f)  the
  operation  of  mobile  redemption centers in order to ensure that to the
  best extent practicable containers are not proffered for redemption to a
  deposit initiator or distributor outside of the  geographic  area  where
  such deposit initiator sells containers and initiates deposits.
2.  The department may require a redemption center to obtain a permit,
  as an alternative to registration if such center is located at the  same
  facility  or  site  as another solid waste management facility otherwise
  subject to the requirements of  title  seven  of  this  article  or  the
  regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
3.  No  dealer  or  distributor, as defined in section 27-1003 of this
  title, shall be required to obtain a  permit  to  operate  a  redemption
  center  at  the  same location as the dealer's or distributor's place of
  business. Operators of such redemption centers shall receive payment  of
  the refund value of each beverage container from the appropriate deposit
  initiator  or  distributor  as  provided  under  section 27-1007 of this
  title.
4.  Each  dealer  and  redemption  center  shall  require  any  person
  tendering  for redemption more than two thousand five hundred containers
  at one time to such dealer or redemption center to provide such person's
  name and address and the license plate of the vehicle used to  transport

  the  containers,  or,  in  the  case  of  an  agent  or  employee  of  a
  not-for-profit corporation,  a  sales  tax  exemption  certificate.  The
  dealer or redemption center redeeming the beverage containers shall keep
  the  information on file for a minimum of twelve months and provide same
  to the department upon request.