New York Laws
Title 33 - Carpet Collection Program
27-3301 - Definitions.

(a) the owner of a trademark or brand under which carpet is sold,
offered for sale, or distributed in this state, whether or not such
trademark or brand is registered in the state; and
(b) any person who imports a carpet into the United States that is
sold or offered for sale in the state and that is manufactured by a
person who does not have a presence in the United States.
10. "Recycling" means to separate, dismantle or process the materials,
components or commodities contained in discarded carpet for the purpose
of preparing the materials, components, or commodities for use or reuse
in new products or components. "Recycling" does not include: (a) energy
recovery or energy generation by any means, including but not limited
to, combustion, incineration, pyrolysis, gasification, solvolysis, waste
to fuel or any chemical conversion process; or (b) landfill disposal of
discarded carpet or discarded product component materials.

11. "Recycling rate" means the percentage of discarded carpet that is
managed through recycling or reuse, as defined by this title, and is
computed by dividing the amount of recycled output derived from
collected carpet, plus any pounds sent for reuse by the estimated total
amount of discarded carpet generated during a program year.
12. "Representative organization" means a not-for-profit organization
established by a producer or group of producers to implement the carpet
collection program.
13. "Retailer" means any person who sells or offers for sale carpet to
a consumer in the state.
14. "Reuse" means the return of a product into the economic stream for
use in the same kind of application as the product was originally
intended to be used, without a change in the product's identity.
15. "Sell" or "sale" means any transfer for consideration of title or
the right to use, from a manufacturer or retailer to a person,
including, but not limited to, transactions conducted through retail
sales outlets, catalogs, mail, the telephone, the internet, or any
electronic means; this does not include samples, donations, and reuse.
* NB Effective December 28, 2024