2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 27 - COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE
Title 26 - (27-2601 - 27-2621) ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT RECYCLING AND REUSE
27-2611 - Disposal ban.

§ 27-2611. Disposal ban.
    1.  Beginning  April  first,  two  thousand  eleven,  no manufacturer,
  retailer, or owner or operator of an electronic waste  collection  site,
  electronic  waste  consolidation  facility or electronic waste recycling
  facility in the state shall dispose of electronic waste at a solid waste
  management facility or hazardous waste  management  facility,  or  place
  electronic  waste  for  collection  which  is intended for disposal at a
  solid waste management facility or hazardous waste management facility.
    2. Beginning January first, two thousand twelve, no person except  for
  an  individual  or  household  shall  place or dispose of any electronic
  waste in any solid waste management facility, or place electronic  waste
  for  collection  which  is  intended  for  disposal  at  a  solid  waste
  management facility or  hazardous  waste  management  facility  in  this
  state.  Persons engaged in the collection of solid waste for delivery to
  a solid waste management facility shall provide written  information  to
  users  of  such  facility  on  the  proper  methods for the recycling of
  electronic waste.
    3. Beginning January first, two thousand  fifteen,  no  individual  or
  household  shall  place  or dispose of any electronic waste in any solid
  waste management facility, or  place  electronic  waste  for  collection
  which  is  intended for disposal at a solid waste management facility or
  hazardous waste management facility in this state.
    4. Beginning January first, two thousand twelve, an owner or  operator
  of  a  solid  waste  management  facility  or hazardous waste management
  facility shall educate users of such facility on the proper methods  for
  the management of electronic waste. Such education shall include:
    (a)  providing  written  information  to users of such facility on the
  proper methods for recycling of electronic waste; and
    (b) posting, in conspicuous locations at such facility, signs  stating
  that electronic waste may not be disposed of at the facility.

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