ECL 27-2703 · Title 27. Plastic Bag Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
Store operator responsibilities
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Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 27-2703. Store operator responsibilities.
1. The operator of a store shall establish an at-store recycling program pursuant to the provisions of this title that provides an opportunity for a customer of the store to return to the store clean plastic carryout bags and film plastic.
2. A retail establishment that does not meet the definition of a store and that provides plastic carryout bags to customers at the point of sale may also adopt an at-store recycling program.
* NB There are 2 § 27-2703's
Source of truth
- Edition
- Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/ENV27-2703
- Text hash
- sha256 6d0f2492353a13682ef8d2acb38b57f1a8d907eacea69f152e9dc049d18d86c9
- Composed by
- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
- The Senate's note "There are 2 § 27-2703's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
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