{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-37-0201","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 37-0201","heading":"Legislative findings and intent","body":"§ 37-0201. Legislative findings and intent.\n  The legislature finds and declares that:\n  1. The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to\npublic health and safety and to the environment; and\n  2. Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid\nwaste stream; and\n  3. The presence of heavy metals in packaging is a part of the total\nconcern in light of their likely presence in emissions or ash when\npackaging is incinerated, or in leachate when packaging is landfilled;\nand\n  4. Lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, on the basis of\navailable scientific and medical evidence, are of particular concern;\nand\n  5. It is desirable as a first step in reducing the toxicity of\npackaging waste to eliminate the addition of these heavy metals to\npackaging; and\n  6. The intent of this title is to achieve this reduction in toxicity\nwithout impeding or discouraging the expanded use of post-consumer\nmaterials in the production of packaging and its components.","path":["Environmental Conservation Law","Article 37. Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment","Title 2. Hazardous Packaging"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ENV/37-0201","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"0c3fa2eded4ed888ff8080e641539a8467ca3d90d1d1a1e7e3db6f95581a75d1","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-37-0121","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-37-0203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}