Selling in New York?

A retailer selling rechargeable batteries or products containing them in New York accepts used rechargeable batteries of the kind it sells, posts the statutory collection sign at the entrance, and keeps manufacturer-supplied collection boxes

Must meet the conditions of Retailer take-back (ECL 27-1807(1)(a), (c)): a retailer with a place of business in New York must accept from consumers, during normal business hours, used rechargeable batteries of a similar shape, size, function and weight as it offers for sale (up to ten a day from any person, regardless of purchase, plus as many as the consumer buys there), post at or near the entrance a sign at least 8.5 by 11 inches stating, in letters at least one inch high, “It is illegal to dispose of rechargeable batteries in the state of New York as solid waste. We accept used rechargeable batteries for return to the manufacturer.”, and keep manufacturer-supplied collection boxes where consumers can use them. Retailer: anyone selling rechargeable batteries or products containing them to consumers in the state, including by internet (27-1803(5)).

• Contains a battery
• It contains a rechargeable battery (any nickel-cadmium, sealed lead, lithium ion, or nickel metal hydride battery weighing less than fifty pounds, ECL 27-1803(4)(a)), and you sell it to consumers in New York (a retailer: the sale of rechargeable batteries, or products containing such batteries, to a consumer in the state, 27-1803(5)) from a place of business in the state (27-1807(1)(a))

Depends on: contains battery

In force, start date unknown

The title states no calendar start date: retailers comply “no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this title” (27-1807(1)(f)). 2014-09-22 is the earliest revision the official nysenate.gov page shows; the date shown is a proxy.

A retailer selling rechargeable batteries to New York consumers by catalog, mail, telephone or internet tells the buyer, at purchase or delivery, that used rechargeable batteries can be returned free for reuse or recycling

Disclosure to consumer

Remote-sale return notice (ECL 27-1807(1)(b)): a retailer selling rechargeable batteries to consumers in New York through non-retail outlets such as catalogs, mail, telephone or the internet must give, at the time of purchase or delivery, notice of an opportunity to return used rechargeable batteries at no cost to the consumer for reuse or recycling.

• Contains a battery
• It contains a rechargeable battery (any nickel-cadmium, sealed lead, lithium ion, or nickel metal hydride battery weighing less than fifty pounds, ECL 27-1803(4)(a)), and you sell it to consumers in New York (a retailer: the sale of rechargeable batteries, or products containing such batteries, to a consumer in the state, 27-1803(5)) through catalogs, mail, telephone or the internet (27-1807(1)(b))

Depends on: contains battery

In force, start date unknown

The title states no calendar start date: retailers comply “no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this title” (27-1807(1)(f)). 2014-09-22 is the earliest revision the official nysenate.gov page shows; the date shown is a proxy.