N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2105 – Disposal
§ 27-2105. Disposal.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2105
- Collector: means any person who accepts mercury-added consumer products in order to transfer them to a solid waste management facility, a hazardous waste management facility or another collector. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2101
- Consumer: means any person who purchases a mercury-added consumer product for use other than resale. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2101
- disposal: means the abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any substance so that such substance or any related constituent thereof may enter the environment. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2101
- Mercury-added consumer product: means any device or material into which elemental mercury or mercury compounds are intentionally added during such device's or material's formulation or manufacture, and in which the continued presence of mercury is required to provide a specific characteristic, appearance or quality, or to perform a specific function. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2101
- Solid waste: means solid waste as defined in section 27-0701 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2101
- Solid waste management facility: means a solid waste management facility as defined in section 27-0701 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2101
1. No person shall knowingly or intentionally dispose of a mercury-added consumer product in solid waste or otherwise dispose of such a product except by separated delivery thereof to a solid waste management facility or hazardous waste management facility permitted or authorized pursuant to title seven or nine of this article.
2. No person or collector shall knowingly or intentionally dispose of any mercury-added consumer product by delivery to a resource recovery facility as permitted pursuant to title seven of this article where waste or hazardous waste is burned as fuel for the purpose of recovering usable energy.
3. No collector, solid waste management facility, or hazardous waste management facility shall knowingly or intentionally store, recycle or dispose of any mercury-added consumer product except in accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to this article.
4. The department, in consultation with the department of health, shall develop and disseminate informational materials on the dangers of mercury-added consumer products, and the requirements of this section relating to the separation and disposal of mercury-added consumer products.