N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-0401: Secondary materials

§ 27-0401. Secondary materials.

1. As used in this article, "secondary materials" shall mean material

recovered from or otherwise destined for the waste stream, including but

not limited to, post-consumer material, industrial scrap material and

overstock or obsolete inventories from distributors, wholesalers and

other companies as defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the

commissioner of economic development in consultation with the

commissioner but such term does not include those materials and

by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original

manufacturing process.

2. For the purposes of this article, the department shall assist the

department of economic development in conducting secondary materials

market development programs pursuant to article six of the economic

development law, as added by chapter six hundred fifteen of the laws of

nineteen hundred eighty-seven, and other state agencies and authorities

conducting waste reduction and recycling programs.

3. The department shall assist in providing consumer education on the

economic and environmental benefits of solid waste management practices

and the concomitant needs for waste reduction and for consumers to

actively seek consumer products which contain secondary materials or

which are easily recycled or reused.