New York Environmental Conservation Code § 27-2601

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§ 27-2601. Definitions.\n  As used in this title:\n  1. "Cathode ray tube" means a vacuum tube or picture tube used to\nconvert an electronic signal into a visual image.\n  2. "Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical\nor other high-speed data processing device performing a logical,\narithmetic or storage function, including a laptop computer and desktop\ncomputer, and includes any cable, cord, or wiring permanently affixed to\nor incorporated into such product, and may include both a computer\ncentral processing unit and a monitor; but such term shall not include\nan automated typewriter or typesetter, a portable hand-held calculator,\na portable digital assistant, server, or other similar device.\n  3. "Computer peripheral" means a monitor; electronic keyboard;\nelectronic mouse or similar pointing device; facsimile machine, document\nscanner, or printer intended for use with a computer; and includes any\ncable, cord, or wiring permanently affixed to or incorporated into any\nsuch product. Computer peripheral shall not include any document scanner\nor printer which weighs one hundred pounds or more.\n  4. "Consumer" means a person located in the state who owns or uses\ncovered electronic equipment, including but not limited to an\nindividual, a business, corporation, limited partnership, not-for-profit\ncorporation, the state, a public corporation, public school, school\ndistrict, private or parochial school or board of cooperative\neducational services or governmental entity, but does not include an\nentity involved in a wholesale transaction between a distributor and\nretailer.\n  5. "Covered electronic equipment" means: a computer; computer\nperipheral; small electronic equipment; small-scale server; cathode ray\ntube; or television, as defined in this section. "Covered electronic\nequipment" does not include any motor vehicle or any part thereof;\ncamera or video camera; portable or stationary radio; household\nappliances such as clothes washers, clothes dryers, refrigerators,\nfreezers, microwave ovens, ovens, ranges or dishwashers; equipment that\nis functionally or physically part of a larger piece of equipment\nintended for use in an industrial, research and development or\ncommercial setting; security or anti-terrorism equipment; monitoring and\ncontrol instrument or system; thermostat; hand-held transceiver;\ntelephone of any type; portable digital assistant or similar device;\ncalculator; global positioning system (GPS) receiver or similar\nnavigation device; a server other than a small-scale server; a cash\nregister or retail self checkout system; a stand-alone storage product\nintended for use in industrial, research and development or commercial\nsettings; commercial medical equipment that contains within it a cathode\nray tube, a flat panel display or similar video display device, and is\nnot separate from the larger piece of equipment; or other medical\ndevices as that term is defined under the Federal Food, Drug and\nCosmetic Act.\n  6. "Electronic waste" means covered electronic equipment that has been\ndiscarded or is no longer wanted by its owner, or for any other reason\nenters the waste collection, recovery, treatment, processing, or\nrecycling system. For purposes of section 27-2611 of this title,\n"electronic waste" does not include the case, shell, or other enclosure\nof covered electronic equipment from which incorporated assemblies,\nsub-assemblies, components, materials, wiring, circuitry and commodities\nhave been removed.\n  7. "Electronic waste collection site" means a facility at a fixed or\ntemporary site at which electronic waste is accepted from consumers and\ntemporarily stored for more than five days in a calendar year before\nsuch waste is transported to an electronic waste consolidation facility\nor electronic waste recycling facility. Electronic waste collection\nsites include, but are not limited to, dedicated sites and facilities\nfor the acceptance of electr

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