NYC Council Introduction 1263

intro.nyc/1263-2023 2022-2023 Legislative Session
Requiring the commissioner of sanitation to study the feasibility and potential environmental effects of a recycling mandate for household textiles.
Status: Filed (End of Session) Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Sponsored by Crystal Hudson
Introduced: December 6, 2023

This bill would require the commissioner of sanitation to study and report on the feasibility and environmental effects of a mandate for households to separate, and the department of sanitation to collect, textile waste. The study would consider, among other things, the costs, potential benefits, and potential negative effects of such a mandate.

Sponsors: 4