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Int 1205-2013

Designating expanded polystyrene as recyclable.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managementintroduced 2013-11-26

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2013-11-26Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste ManagementDepartment of Sanitation and the Business Integrity Commission.

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This bill: 35 days in committee

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Lifecycle

HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2013-11-25 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2013-11-25 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2013-11-26 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2013-11-26 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

City Council · 2013-11-26 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · 2013-11-25 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers – City Hall

Attachments (3)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 16-305 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: b. The commissioner shall adopt and implement rules designating at least six recyclable materials, including plastic, to the extent required in subdivision c of this section, expanded polystyrene or thermoplastic polymer foam comprised of at least 80 percent styrene or para-methylstyrene by weight, and yard waste to, the extent required in section 16-308 of this chapter, contained in department-managed solid waste and requiring households to source separate such designated materials. �2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment. LS 4553 JJH