N.Y. Economic Development Law § 263: Waste reduction and recycling program

§ 263. Waste reduction and recycling program. 1. When used in this

section, "solid waste" or "waste" shall have the same meaning as is

found in subdivision one of section 27-0701 of the environmental

conservation law, but shall not include source, special nuclear or

by-product material as defined in the atomic energy act of 1954, as

amended, or hazardous waste which appears on the list or satisfies the

characteristics of hazardous waste promulgated pursuant to section

27-0903 of the environmental conservation law, or low level radioactive

waste as defined in section 29-0101 of the environmental conservation

law.

2. The department shall serve as a clearinghouse for information

pertaining to the reduction and recycling of solid waste generated by

commercial and industrial enterprises, including the potential for such

enterprises to coordinate their activities with existing and potential

local recycling programs, and on methods and strategies which commercial

and industrial enterprises within the state can undertake to reduce

waste generation.

3. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of

environmental conservation, is hereby authorized and directed to confer

and cooperate with authorities of other states and of the United States

with respect to the development of regional markets for secondary

materials and the reduction of waste from residential, commercial and

industrial activities.

4. The department shall provide to the governor, the legislature, and

local governments on or before January first, nineteen hundred ninety

and annually thereafter, a report assessing the status of commercial and

industrial waste reduction and the development of markets for secondary

materials, and all other aspects of solid waste management for which the

department is responsible. Such report shall include evaluations

prepared in consultation with the department of environmental

conservation and the environmental facilities corporation of the

expected levels of waste reduction from present and future utilization

of such practices, the anticipated effectiveness of such practices in

meeting waste reduction goals, and associated savings due to avoided

handling and disposal costs and program implementation costs. This

report may be consolidated with the report required by subdivision

fourteen of section two hundred sixty-one of this article.