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NY S05489
Bill
Status
2/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Leroy Comrie
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AI Summary
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Establishes a state goal to source reduce, reuse, recycle, or compost at least 85% of solid waste generated in New York by 2035 and annually thereafter
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Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to advise and cooperate with planning units to achieve this waste reduction goal
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Mandates the Department of Environmental Conservation submit a report to the governor and legislature by January 1, 2028 outlining strategies to meet the 85% target
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Adds a new declaration of policy section (27-0102) to the Environmental Conservation Law codifying this waste diversion goal
Legislative Description
Relates to declaring the goal of the state of New York to source reduce, reuse, recycle, or compost no less than eighty-five percent of the solid waste generated by the year 2035.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
1/7/2026