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History
- Print number 4320a
- Amend and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Includes milk, wine and liquor in definition of beverage for purposes of litter control
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Steven Englebright
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Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to litter control
Purpose
To include fruit juices, milk, wine and liquor in the definition of "beverage."
Summary of provisions
This bill would amend subdivisions one and two of section 27-1003 of the environmental conservation law by including in the definition of "beverage" fruit juices, milk, wine, and liquor, and by requiring that all beverage containers one gallon or less be refillable with a capacity to be refilled and resold at least twenty-five times.
Justification
The success in cleaning up the environment of beverage containers that has already been met should be sufficient reason to broaden the types of containers which this law should regulate. There is no difference between a discarded bottle of beer or a discarded bottle of wine and the law should be amended to reflect this fact. Furthermore, by amending the law to require that containers be refillable the sheer volume of discarded beverage containers would substantially decrease, thereby allowing the state to reap widespread environmental rewards.
Prior legislative history
A.1936 of 2013-2014 (Englebright): Died in Environmental Conservation
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
To be determined.
Effective date
On the first of January after the bill becomes law.
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