2006 New York Code - Recycling Plan.

 
    §  16-316  Recycling  plan.  a.  The commissioner shall, within twelve
  months of the effective date of this chapter, prepare and submit to  the
  mayor,  the  council and the citywide board created under section 16-319
  of this chapter a preliminary citywide recycling plan. The  commissioner
  shall,  within  eighteen  months  of the effective date of this chapter,
  prepare and submit to the mayor, the council and the  citywide  board  a
  citywide  recycling plan and each year thereafter the commissioner shall
  submit to such parties an updated plan. The preliminary plan,  the  plan
  and each updated plan shall include, but need not be limited to:
    1.  a  waste  composition  analysis  that  identifies the quantity and
  composition of the city's solid waste by recycling district;
    2. annual recycling and reduction goals  equal  to  or  exceeding  the
  mandatory  minimum  levels  of sections 16-304 and 16-305, including the
  quantity and  composition  of  recyclable  materials  to  be  collected,
  processed, marketed and sold by recycling district;
    3.  a  five-year  strategy  for  collecting, processing, marketing and
  selling the designated recyclable materials, and disposing of  residual,
  non-recyclable  solid  waste, taking into account persons engaged in the
  business of recycling or persons otherwise providing recycling  services
  before  the  effective  date of this chapter. Such strategy may be based
  upon the results of the waste composition analysis performed pursuant to
  paragraph one of this subdivision or information obtained in the  course
  of  past  collection  of  solid waste by the department, and may include
  recommendations with respect  to  increasing  the  number  of  materials
  designated  for  recycling pursuant to sections 16-305, 16-306 or 16-307
  of this chapter;
    4. comprehensive and up-to-date lists  of  large-scale  generators  of
  recyclable  materials  within  the  city  and  potential  purchasers  of
  recyclable waste material both within the city and in other locations;
    5. a comprehensive analysis of all appropriate  department  properties
  and facilities to determine their feasibility as recycling centers;
    6.  proposed methods and programs to achieve a reduction in the city's
  solid waste stream, including but not limited to  identifying  materials
  the  use  of  which  should  be  regulated  or  limited based upon their
  incompatibility with recycling;
    7. recommended revisions and an  evaluation  of  the  feasibility  and
  effectiveness  of such revisions to the building code of the city of New
  York, chapter one of  title  twenty-seven  of  this  code,  prepared  in
  conjunction   with   the   department   of  buildings,  requiring  newly
  constructed buildings and buildings undergoing specified alterations  to
  contain  storage  space,  devices  or  mechanisms that facilitate source
  separation and storage of the recyclable materials  designated  pursuant
  to sections 16-305 and 16-306 and that enable the department efficiently
  to  collect,  process,  market  and  sell  the  designated materials; in
  preparing such recommendations, the commissioner and the commissioner of
  build-  ings  shall  evaluate  the  feasibility  and  effectiveness   of
  requiring   separate   chutes   to   facilitate   source  separation  in
  multi-family dwellings, storage areas that conform to  fire  and  safety
  code regulations, and specialized storage containers;
    8.  to  the  extent feasible, proposals developed in consultation with
  the metropolitan transportation authority, the  port  authority  of  New
  York   and  New  Jersey,  the  department  of  transportation,  and  the
  department of ports, international  trade  and  commerce,  to  separate,
  collect  and  recycle recyclable materials, including but not limited to
  newspaper, that are discarded at  transportation  facilities,  including
  subway, bus, railroad and ferry stations;
    9.  proposals  developed  in consultation with the board of education,
  the department of correction, health and hospitals corporation and other


  appropriate entities to separate, collect and recycle materials that are
  discarded at schools, jails, hospitals and  other  similar  institutions
  throughout the city;
    10.  recommended  product  labeling requirements that would facilitate
  source separation and recycling of recyclable materials;
    11. a proposal for an incentive program, including cash incentives, to
  encourage recycling participation;
    12. an analysis of whether providing a reduced  tipping  fee  for  the
  disposal  of residue that results from recycling activity in the private
  sector will enhance or increase private sector recycling;
    13. an evaluation of the economic development benefits of  alternative
  recycling methods and strategies;
    14.  a  comparison  of the economic costs of recycling to the economic
  costs of other disposal and waste management strategies,  including  but
  not   limited   to  resource  recovery  incineration  and  export;  such
  comparison shall include but not be  limited  to  expense,  capital  and
  external costs;
    15.  a  review of all regulations pertaining to solid waste collection
  and disposal to determine their compatibility with  the  provisions  and
  goals of this chapter;
    16.  a  report  on  and  evaluation  of  any pending federal and state
  legislation on recycling, waste  reduction  or  any  other  solid  waste
  management issues;
    17.  a  detailed  report on the recycling activities of the department
  during the preceding year;
    18. specific and detailed objectives for the activities  and  programs
  conducted and assisted under this chapter;
    19.  the  commissioner's  conclusions  as to the effectiveness of such
  activities and programs in achieving these objectives and  the  purposes
  of this chapter;
    20.  a  summary  of  outstanding  recycling  problems  confronting the
  department in the order of priority;
    21. recommendations with respect to legislation the commissioner deems
  necessary or desirable to assist in solving these recycling problems;
    22. the commissioner's plans for recycling  and  reduction  activities
  and programs during the next year; and
    23.  all  other  information  required  to be submitted to the council
  pursuant to any other provision of this chapter.
    b. Within four years of  the  effective  date  of  this  chapter,  the
  commissioner  shall  prepare  and submit to the mayor, the council, each
  citizens' board and the citywide board,  a  detailed  and  comprehensive
  plan  to  achieve  for  New  York  city the New York State goal of forty
  percent recycling and eight to ten percent waste reduction by 1997.