New York Senate Bill 7375 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on September 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Pending: Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product or package is recyclable unless it can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the waste stream through an established recycling program for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item; requires the department of environmental conservation to develop regulations on types and forms of plastic products and packaging for which a claim of recyclability may be made; requires all rigid plastic containers sold in this state be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce such container; makes related provisions.

Provides that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product or package is recyclable unless it can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the waste stream through an established recycling program for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item; requires the department of environmental conservation to develop regulations on types and forms of plastic products and packaging for which a claim of recyclability may be made; requires all rigid plastic containers sold in this state be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce such container; makes related provisions.

Sen. John Liu [D]

Sen. Liz Krueger [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-05	Senate	REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2021-09-13	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES

A07668 (Same As) 2022-01-05 - referred to ways and means

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7375
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07375&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S07375