Section 16-402. Declaration of policy  


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  • It is hereby declared to be the public
      policy  of  the  city  of New York to reduce environmental pollution, to
      reduce the toxicity  of  waste  materials  in  the  solid  waste  stream
      directed  to  resource recovery and sanitary landfill facilities, and to
      maximize the removal of used rechargeable batteries  and  products  that
      contain rechargeable batteries and encourage their recycling by entities
      that  manufacture rechargeable batteries by banning the disposal of used
      rechargeable  batteries  from  the  solid  waste  stream  and  requiring
      manufacturers  of  rechargeable  batteries  to take back and recycle the
      used rechargeable batteries sold or disposed of in the city of New York.