Bill Text: NY S02285 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the establishment of a composting program at the state university of New York, the city university of New York and institutions subject to the jurisdiction of SUNY or CUNY.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-16 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02285 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S02285-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2285

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. WEBB, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Educa-
          tion

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing compost-
          ing programs at state university of New York and  city  university  of
          New York campuses

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
     3    22. The state university trustees shall adopt a policy requiring  that
     4  each  institution  of  the state university of New York collaborate with
     5  students, faculty and staff to encourage campuses to establish  compost-
     6  ing  programs.   Compostable waste may include, but shall not be limited
     7  to, food scraps, plant  trimmings,  food  soiled  paper,  and  certified
     8  compostable products.  In establishing such a policy, the trustees shall
     9  consider the following:
    10    a. providing information and signage related to the proper methods for
    11  separating compostable waste;
    12    b.  the  availability  of  services  for  collecting  and transporting
    13  compostable waste;
    14    c.  an  evaluation  of  the  effectiveness  of  campuses'   composting
    15  programs; and
    16    d. benchmarks for assessing progress.
    17    §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    18  subdivision 24 to read as follows:
    19    24. The board of trustees shall adopt a  policy  requiring  that  each
    20  institution  of  the  city  university  of  New  York  collaborate  with
    21  students, faculty and staff to encourage campuses to establish  compost-
    22  ing  programs.   Compostable waste may include, but shall not be limited
    23  to, food scraps, plant trimmings, food  soiled  paper,    and  certified

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01870-01-5
        S. 2285                             2

     1  compostable products.  In establishing such a policy, the trustees shall
     2  consider the following:
     3    a.    providing  information and signage related to the proper methods
     4  for separating compostable waste;
     5    b. the  availability  of  services  for  collecting  and  transporting
     6  compostable waste;
     7    c.   an  evaluation  of  the  effectiveness  of  campuses'  composting
     8  programs; and
     9    d. benchmarks for assessing progress.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.