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2006 New York Code - Department-disposed Of Solid Waste.
§ 16-304 Department-disposed of solid waste. The commissioner shall within nine months of the effective date of this chapter establish and implement programs to ensure that the amount of department-disposed of solid waste is reduced or recycled by at least: a. one thousand four hundred thirty tons per day by the end of the first year following the enactment date of this chapter and during the year thereafter; b. two thousand eight hundred seventy tons per day by the end of the second year following the enactment date of this chapter and during the year thereafter; c. four thousand three hundred tons per day by the end of the third year following the enactment date of this chapter and during the year thereafter; d. five thousand seven hundred forty tons per day by the end of the fourth year following the enactment date of this chapter and during the year thereafter; and e. seven thousand one hundred eighty tons per day by the end of the fifth year following the enactment date of this chapter and during the year thereafter. These programs may be designed to increase private sector or residential recycling, to increase the return and recycling of containers under the New York State returnable container law, to implement waste reduction or reuse measures, or to export waste for the purpose of recycling. The waste reduction and recycling requirements of this section shall include all the solid waste that is recycled pursuant to the recycling requirements of section 16-305 of this chapter, but shall not include the reduction or recycling of ash or residue from resource recovery facilities, or the reduction or recycling of sludges from air or water treatment facilities. For the purpose of this section, "day" shall mean each working day in a three hundred sixty-five day calendar year. Should the level of recycling exceed the minimum quantities required in this section, the council may review the original mandate and increase the minimum requirements.
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