Int. No. 142-A
By Council Member Ferreras and The Speaker (Council Member Quinn) and Council Members Brewer, Comrie, Dickens, Dromm, Fidler, James, Koslowitz, Lander, Lappin, Mark-Viverito, Palma, Recchia, Reyna, Seabrook, Van Bramer, Williams, Rose, Nelson, Gennaro, Koppell, Levin, White, Chin, Jackson, Barron, Garodnick and Mealy
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a paint stewardship pilot program.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 3 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-310.2 to read as follows:
§16-310.2 Paint stewardship program. a. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the commissioner shall establish a voluntary paint stewardship program under which manufacturers of architectural paint, in cooperation with distributors of architectural paint and retail establishments that sell, or offer for sale, architectural paint in the city of New York, may establish a collection or other reclamation system to collect architectural paint from consumers for reuse, recycling or environmentally sound disposal.
b. The commissioner shall provide assistance or guidance to participating architectural paint manufacturers, distributors and retail establishments in developing and implementing strategies to reduce the quantity of architectural paint in the waste stream, promote the reuse of architectural paint that would otherwise be discarded and disseminate information regarding options to recycle architectural paint including, but not limited to, posting information regarding the voluntary paint stewardship program on the department's website.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
COUNCIL - 7-21-10 6:30 p.m.