N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-2105: Disposal

§ 27-2105. Disposal.

1. No person shall knowingly or intentionally dispose of a

mercury-added consumer product in solid waste or otherwise dispose of

such a product except by separated delivery thereof to a solid waste

management facility or hazardous waste management facility permitted or

authorized pursuant to title seven or nine of this article.

2. No person or collector shall knowingly or intentionally dispose of

any mercury-added consumer product by delivery to a resource recovery

facility as permitted pursuant to title seven of this article where

waste or hazardous waste is burned as fuel for the purpose of recovering

usable energy.

3. No collector, solid waste management facility, or hazardous waste

management facility shall knowingly or intentionally store, recycle or

dispose of any mercury-added consumer product except in accordance with

regulations promulgated pursuant to this article.

4. The department, in consultation with the department of health,

shall develop and disseminate informational materials on the dangers of

mercury-added consumer products, and the requirements of this section

relating to the separation and disposal of mercury-added consumer

products.