Section 27-0401. Secondary materials

1.  As used in this article, "secondary materials" shall mean material
  recovered from or otherwise destined for the waste stream, including but
  not limited to, post-consumer material, industrial  scrap  material  and
  overstock  or  obsolete  inventories  from distributors, wholesalers and
  other companies as defined in rules and regulations promulgated  by  the
  commissioner   of   economic   development   in  consultation  with  the
  commissioner  but  such  term  does  not  include  those  materials  and
  by-products  generated  from,  and  commonly  reused within, an original
  manufacturing process.
    2. For the purposes of this article, the department shall  assist  the
  department  of  economic  development  in conducting secondary materials
  market development programs pursuant to  article  six  of  the  economic
  development  law, as added by chapter six hundred fifteen of the laws of
  nineteen hundred eighty-seven, and other state agencies and  authorities
  conducting waste reduction and recycling programs.
    3.  The department shall assist in providing consumer education on the
  economic and environmental benefits of solid waste management  practices
  and  the  concomitant  needs  for  waste  reduction and for consumers to
  actively seek consumer products which  contain  secondary  materials  or
  which are easily recycled or reused.