Int. No. 558
By Council Members McMahon, Comrie, Fidler, Gennaro, Liu, Nelson, Recchia, Weprin, Yassky and Gerson
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the disposal of solid waste.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section 16-141 to read as follows:
§ 16-141 Disposal of solid waste. The Commissioner shall be required to provide for the final disposal of no less than five thousand tons per day of non-recyclable solid waste by a method other than landfilling or incineration no later than July 1, 2012
§2. This law shall take effect immediately.
LS # 2679
CJC-8/13/03