Int. No. 95

 

By Council Member McMahon, Comrie, Fidler, Gennaro, Liu, Nelson, Recchia, Weprin, Yassky and Gerson

 

 

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A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the disposal of solid waste.

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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, 2015

§2. This law shall take effect immediately.