New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 27-2105. Disposal

1. No person shall knowingly or intentionally dispose of a mercury-added consumer product in solid waste or otherwise dispose of such a product except by separated delivery thereof to a solid waste management facility or hazardous waste management facility permitted or authorized pursuant to title seven or nine of this article.

2. No person or collector shall knowingly or intentionally dispose of any mercury-added consumer product by delivery to a resource recovery facility as permitted pursuant to title seven of this article where waste or hazardous waste is burned as fuel for the purpose of recovering usable energy.

3. No collector, solid waste management facility, or hazardous waste management facility shall knowingly or intentionally store, recycle or dispose of any mercury-added consumer product except in accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to this article.

4. The department, in consultation with the department of health, shall develop and disseminate informational materials on the dangers of mercury-added consumer products, and the requirements of this section relating to the separation and disposal of mercury-added consumer products.