Demonstrations at 9 Starbucks Stores Across NYS Call on Coffee Giant to Stop Lying About Plastics Recycling — Urge State Lawmakers to Pass Packaging Reduction Bill in Albany
Environmentalists in nine New York communities from Buffalo to Manhattan are calling on Starbucks to stop telling customers that its single-use plastic cold cups are “widely recyclable,” after a nationwide tracking investigation by Beyond Plastics could not confirm a single cup being recycled.
The demonstrations in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester, New Paltz, Saugerties, Rochester, Buffalo, and Albany are part of a national Starbucks Week of Action urging the company to stop saying that their plastic cups used for cold drinks get recycled, when they are not.
300+ Rally With State Lawmakers and Environmental Justice Advocates: End Plastic Pollution Now
February is Black History Month, and today, more than 250 grassroots advocates joined state legislators in calling out the environmental injustices posed by landfills and incinerators in communities of color. They gathered at a news conference at the state Capitol and urged the New York state Assembly to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA - S1464 Harckham/A1749 Glick).
Legislation to Curb Plastic Pollution and Save Taxpayers Money Passes Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
Today, the New York State Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee passed the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S1464 Harckham / A1749 Glick) after the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee passed the bill last week. Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator, issued the following statement in response.
New Version of a 1990 Packaging Waste Report Shows the Problem Has Only Persisted 35 Years Later
Beyond Plastics, NYPIRG Show Side-by-Side Comparisons of Findings of 1990 ‘Plagued By Packaging’ Report and 2025 in Call for New York State to Pass Packaging Reduction Bill
Legislation to Curb Plastic Pollution and Save Taxpayers Money Passes Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A5322B Glick / S4246B Harckham) passed through the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee today by a vote of 22-8.