S420 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product or package is recyclable unless it can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the waste stream through an established recycling program for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item; requires the department of environmental conservation to develop regulations on types and forms of plastic products and packaging for which a claim of recyclability may be made; requires all rigid plastic containers sold in this state be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce such container; makes related provisions.
- Title
- Relates to false claims about recyclability and plastic container labeling
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-02-04
- In committee
- Finance
- Introduced
- 2024-12-31
- Same as
- A6671
- Law section
- Environmental Conservation Law
Sponsors
- John C. Liu State Senator, District 16
Co-sponsors
- Liz Krueger State Senator, District 28
Heard in committee
- Environmental Conservation NY State Senate committee
- Finance NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A6671 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Environmental Conservation, 2026-02-04 Referred to committee; referred to Finance
- Environmental Conservation, 2025-04-29 Referred to committee; referred to Finance