Authorizes municipalities to adopt local laws requiring the use of in vessel composting for the disposal of organic waste that is generated from a residence.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8307
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 30, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
municipalities to adopt local laws requiring the use of in vessel
composting
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 99-aa to read as follows:
3 § 99-aa. In vessel composting. A municipality may adopt a local law
4 requiring the use of in vessel composting for the disposal of organic
5 waste that is generated from a residence. For the purposes of this
6 section, "in vessel composting" shall mean a process in which organic
7 waste is enclosed in a drum, silo, bin, tunnel, reactor, or other
8 container for the purpose of producing compost, maintained under
9 controlled conditions of temperature and moisture and where air-borne
10 emissions are controlled, and "organic waste" shall mean any material
11 found in the waste stream that can be broken down into, or otherwise
12 become part of, usable compost, such as food scraps, soiled paper, and
13 plant trimmings.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13235-01-5
