S 536: Directs the department of environmental conservation to develop a regional plan for Long Island glass recycling in coordination with Alfred university and Long Island municipalities.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 536 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT directing the department of environmental conservation to develop a regional plan for Long Island glass recycling The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The department of environmental conservation is hereby 2 directed to engage and coordinate Long Island municipalities, Alfred 3 university, and the glass packaging institute to develop a regional plan 4 for Long Island glass recycling. Such plan shall include: 5 (a) proposals for the reuse of recycled materials; and 6 (b) site state-owned property, or property that could be acquired by 7 the state, where a Long Island glass recycling facility is to be built. 8 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the 9 department of environmental conservation shall submit a report to the 10 governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the 11 assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the 12 assembly, the county executive of Nassau county, and the county execu- 13 tive of Suffolk county detailing the regional plan for Long Island glass 14 recycling required pursuant to subdivision one of this act. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01765-01-5