N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 37-0203: Definitions

§ 37-0203. Definitions.

For the purposes of this title, the term:

1. "Distributor" shall mean any person, firm, association, partnership

or corporation, who or which imports or causes to be imported into the

state, any container, whether filled or unfilled, used to package

products.

2. "Manufacturer" shall mean a person, firm, association, partnership

or corporation, who or which makes containers to be used to package

products.

3. "Package" means a container providing a means of marketing,

protecting or handling a product and shall include a unit package, an

intermediate package and a shipping container. "Package" shall also mean

and include, but not be limited to, such unsealed receptacles as

carrying cases, crates, cups, pails, rigid foil and other trays,

wrappers and wrapping films, bags and tubs.

4. "Packaging component" means any individual assembled part of a

package such as, but not limited to, any interior or exterior blocking,

bracing, cushioning, weatherproofing, exterior strapping, coatings,

closures, inks and labels.

5. "Food packaging" means a package or packaging component that is

intended for direct food contact and is comprised, in substantial part,

of paper, paperboard, or other materials originally derived from plant

fibers.

6. "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS

substances" shall mean, for the purposes of food packaging, a class of

fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated

carbon atom.