ECL 37-0201 · Title 2. Hazardous Packaging
Legislative findings and intent
Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 37-0201. Legislative findings and intent.
The legislature finds and declares that:
1. The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment; and
2. Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream; and
3. The presence of heavy metals in packaging is a part of the total concern in light of their likely presence in emissions or ash when packaging is incinerated, or in leachate when packaging is landfilled; and
4. Lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, on the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, are of particular concern; and
5. It is desirable as a first step in reducing the toxicity of packaging waste to eliminate the addition of these heavy metals to packaging; and
6. The intent of this title is to achieve this reduction in toxicity without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of post-consumer materials in the production of packaging and its components.
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