§ 27-1011 — Beverage container requirements

§ 27-1011. Beverage container requirements.\n 1. a. Every beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state\nshall clearly indicate by permanently marking or embossing the container\nor by printing as part of the product label the refund value of the\ncontainer and the words "New York" or the letters "NY".\n b. Such embossing or permanent imprinting on the beverage container\nshall be the responsibility of the person, firm or corporation which\nbottles, cans or otherwise fills or packages a beverage container or a\nbrand owner for whose exclusive account private label beverages are\nbottled, canned or otherwise packaged; provided, however, that the duly\nauthorized agent of any such person, firm or corporation may indicate\nsuch refund value by a label securely affixed on any beverage container\ncontaining beverages imported into the United States. Private label\nbeverages shall be defined as beverages purchased from a bottler in\nbeverage containers bearing a brand name or trademark for sale at retail\ndirectly by the owner or licensee of such brand name or trademark; or\nthrough retail dealers affiliated with such owner or licensee by a\ncooperative or franchise agreement.\n 2. No deposit initiator, distributor or dealer shall sell or offer for\nsale, at wholesale or retail in this state, any metal beverage container\ndesigned and constructed with a ring or tab which is detachable in\nopening the container unless such detachable part will decompose by\nphotodegradation or biodegradation.\n 3. No deposit initiator, distributor or dealer shall sell or offer for\nsale in this state beverage containers connected to each other by a\nseparate holding device constructed of plastic which does not: (a)\ndecompose by photodegradation or biodegradation; or\n (b) comply with minimum post-consumer recycled material content and\nhole diameter limitations as defined in rules and regulations\npromulgated by the department, and is recyclable and indicates a resin\nidentification code.\n