Hidden Cost of Plastics: New Study Shows Single-Use Plastics Worse for Health Than Previously Known
Advocates and leading medical doctors held a virtual news conference to highlight new research in the New England Journal of Medicine, showing that microplastics are linked to increased heart attacks and strokes, in addition to the many previously known negative impacts of single-use plastics to everyday New Yorkers’ health. The group highlighted the out-of-control expansion of single-use plastic and called on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act
New York Is Not Disposable: 300+ Advocates, Environmental Leaders, and Lawmakers Rally at New York State Capitol to Fight Plastic Pollution
Senate Environmental Chair Pete Harckham, Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, and more rally for Bigger Better Bottle Bill and Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act
Legislation to Curb Plastic Pollution Gains Momentum; Passes Environmental Conservation Committee and Secures Majority of Assembly and Senate Support
The New York State Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee voted to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act — just days after the bill secured a majority of co-sponsors in both the assembly and the Senate.
22 Albany County Legislators Proclaim Support for State Waste Reduction Bills
County Legislators Call on the State to Adopt the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and the Bigger Better Bottle Bill
Beyond Plastics Praises NY State Attorney General Letitia James For Launching Major Plastic Pollution Lawsuit Against PepsiCo
Statement by Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics and former US EPA Regional Administrator on New York Attorney General James’ unprecedented and much needed lawsuit that will hold PepsiCo accountable for its plastic pollution.
Leading Businesses Join Environmentalists in Support of Passing the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act at Albany Legislative Hearing
While in Albany to attend a major legislative hearing on packaging reduction legislation, 12 companies, representing industry leaders in innovative solutions to end the scourge of single-use plastic packaging, are joining forces with environmentalists calling on the New York State legislature to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.
Over 400 New Yorkers Call on State Officials to Better Enforce the State’s Plastic Bag Ban and Bottle Bill
New York City residents and environmental groups rallied at the office of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 2 offices in Queens asking for better enforcement of two key state waste reduction laws: the Bag Waste Reduction Law and the Bottle Bill.
62 Organizations Urge the Lockport, NY, Industrial Development Authority to Reject Public Subsidies for New Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics Facility
62 Organizations Urge the Lockport, NY, Industrial Development Authority to Reject Public Subsidies for New Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics Facility
As NYers Struggle to Breathe, Enviro Groups Call on NYS Leg to Pass Key Climate Bills Now!
While climate-driven wildfires burn Canada and make air quality across NYS "very unhealthy," will lawmakers stand with the dirty fossil fuel companies at fault, or New Yorkers?
Environmental Leaders Deliver More Than 18,000 Signatures To Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ District Office
Call For Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to Pass The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act and Bigger Better Bottle Bill
Environmental Leaders Deliver More Than 13,000 Signatures To Legislative Leaders At the State Capitol
Call on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins to Pass Strong Packaging Reduction Bill and Reject Toxic “Chemical Recycling” Ploy Pushed by Chemical Companies
Rally in Albany Calls on the New York Legislature to Pass Packaging Reduction Bill and Bigger Better Bottle Bill This Year
New York state legislators and 58 environmental organizations joined Beyond Plastics and NYPIRG for a jam-packed Rally and Advocacy Day to say, “New York Is Not Disposable.” The events included a rally in Albany, where notables — including Emmy- and Tony-award-winning actress Blythe Danner and National Poetry Slam champion Melissa Lozada-Oliva — joined state legislators to call for the passage of two bills that would greatly reduce plastic pollution statewide: the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and the Bigger Better Bottle Bill.
Ninety-Two Organizations Call on the NYS Climate Action Council to Close Waste Incinerators and Tackle Plastics in Climate Plan
Beyond Plastics and 91 New York state and national organizations submitted extensive written comments to the New York Climate Action Council detailing the ways the Hochul-Delgado Administration must change the way it deals with solid waste, particularly plastics, in its Scoping Plan for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The groups call on the Council to close the state’s ten garbage incinerators, prohibit the burning of plastic through so-called “chemical recycling” and prioritize eliminating single-use plastics. The groups also support expanding the state’s 40-year-old container deposit law (a.k.a. Bottle Bill) to cover more beverage containers.
Major Packaging Reduction Bills Introduced in New York
New York’s mountains of toxic packaging waste would shrink if the state adopts two new bills that would reduce packaging, improve recycling, and reduce litter.
Beyond Plastics’ Response to the American Chemistry Council’s Poll of NYS Voters’ Views on So-Called “Advanced Recycling”
Beyond Plastics’ response to the American Chemistry Council’s release of its poll of New York State voters’ views on so-called “advanced recycling”.
160+ Environmental and Community Organizations, Recycling Businesses Call on NYS Assembly and Senate To Reject Flawed Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation in State Budget
A coalition of more than 160 environmental and community organizations and recycling businesses are calling on the NYS Assembly and Senate to reject Extended Producer Responsibility proposals in the state budget.
120+ Organizations Submit Letter Urging NYS DEC to Enforce State's Plastic Bag Ban, Bottle Bill & More | 5/27/2020
More than 120 organizations have sent a letter urging the New York State Dept. of Enviro. Conservation to enforce the state's existing plastic bag ban.
Zoom News Conference on Monday April 27 to Release Results of Soil and Water Samples of Toxic Chemicals Near Norlite Incinerator in Cohoes, NY
Zoom News Conference on Monday April 27 to Release Results of Soil and Water Samples of Toxic Chemicals Near Norlite Incinerator in Cohoes, NY
60+ Organizations Release Letter Calling for Plastic Bag Regulations to Follow Intent of Law
More than 60 organizations are calling on the NYS DEC to address flaws in its proposed rules & regulations for the state’s forthcoming plastic bag ban which takes effect on March 1, 2020.