A 6125: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6125 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation 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 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 27-0102 to read as follows: 3 § 27-0102. Declaration of policy. 4 The legislature hereby declares that it shall be a goal of the state 5 of New York to source reduce, reuse, recycle, or compost no less than 6 eighty-five percent of the solid waste generated by the year two thou- 7 sand thirty-five, and annually thereafter. 8 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation 9 law is amended by adding a new paragraph oo to read as follows: 10 oo. Advise and cooperate with planning units, as defined in section 11 27-0107 of this chapter, to achieve the goal of section 27-0102 of this 12 chapter. 13 § 3. No later than January 1, 2028, the department of environmental 14 conservation shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature 15 outlining strategies to achieve the state's goal pursuant to section 16 27-0102 of the environmental conservation law. 17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08616-01-5