Int 1082-2009
Requiring containers for foods packaged on premises to be made of recyclable material.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managementintroduced 2009-09-17
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2009-09-17Passed: 2009-12-31
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management — Department of Sanitation and the Business Integrity Commission.
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9 passed · 41 died
This bill: 104 days in committee
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Sponsors (11)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2009-09-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2009-09-17 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2009-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2009-09-17 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-310.1 to read as follows:
Sec. 16-310.1 Food containers. All establishments which sell food in the city shall only use or offer for use containers for packaging food composed of a material that has been designated as a recyclable by the commissioner pursuant to section 16-314 of this chapter, where foods are packaged (a) on the premises of the establishment where they are sold; or (b) in a manner determined by an entity situated in the city.
§2. This local law shall take effect on January 1, 2010.
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