New Siena Poll: 58% of Voters Wanted Legislature to Pass Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act
After Governor Hochul abruptly canceled congestion pricing, which impacted the final days of the New York State legislative session, the New York State Assembly went home without passing the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, despite the bill passing in the senate on June 7th, and reports that the bill was set to pass in the assembly. Now, a new Siena Poll shows that 58% to 31% of New York voters think the legislature should have passed the bill.
Fight Continues for Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act in Albany
Senate Passed Legislation, But Assembly Ran Out of Time to Bring It to the Floor
Senate Passes Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, Advocates Call on Assembly for Floor Vote TODAY
The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act Reduces Single-Use Plastic Packaging by 30%, Bans 17 of the Most Toxic Chemicals in Packaging, Saves Taxpayers Millions, and Knocks Out Polluting Chemical Recycling
23 Westchester Elected Officials Urge Senator Stewart-Cousins to Reduce Plastic Packaging by 50%
Westchester elected officials and organizations emphasize positive local financial, environmental, and health impacts of reducing single-use plastic packaging by 50%
100 Environmental Justice Communities Across USA Write to Speaker Heastie and Senator Stewart Cousins to Reduce Plastic Packaging by 50% and Protect Their Health
From Appalachia to Louisiana to Texas, leaders of frontline environmental justice communities harmed by plastic pollution sent a letter to Speaker Heastie and Leader Stewart-Cousins urging them to pass the strongest Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act possible, with national impact
New Poll: 82% of NY Voters Say Single-Use Plastic Packaging Is a Problem
A new Siena Poll released today shows that voters overwhelmingly support policies to reduce single-use plastic packaging in New York. 82% say that single-use plastic packaging is a problem, and a bipartisan 67% of voters support the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act
New York City Leaders Unite For Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch, NYC Council Sanitation Chair Shaun Abreu, the Mayor’s Office for Climate and Environmental Justice, and more Environmental Leaders Call On Speaker Heastie and Leader Stewart-Cousins to Bring Popular Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act to a Floor Vote
Judith Enck Challenges America’s Plastic Makers to a ‘Cheese Debate’
This morning, the Albany Times Union reported on the New York state Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A5322B Glick / S4246B Harckham), and claims from opponents that the legislation would be a terrible nuisance to New Yorkers who absolutely cannot live without individually wrapped cheese slices.
Nationwide Screenings of Emmy-Award- Winning Documentary Expose Impacts of Vinyl Chloride in Everyday Plastic Products
Beyond Plastics and partner organizations are taking an eye-opening documentary, “Blue Vinyl,” across the country with over 35 film screenings in 21 states, with additional screenings on Zoom, in Mexico, and in Tanzania.
New Report: Vinyl Chloride Accidents Have Happened Once Every Five Days Since 2010
A new report released by Beyond Plastics and Earthjustice details the significant extent to which people are exposed to vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen. Incidents in which vinyl chloride was illegally released into the environment or a workplace, often exposing people to this dangerous toxin, have occurred every five days since 2010, highlighting the harm companies pose to people and the environment due to lack of oversight.
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
One of the 11 Constructed Chemical Recycling Facilities in the United States Shuts Down
Oregon Regenyx Facility Closes, Further Exposing Industry’s Deceptive Claim That Chemical Recycling Is a Solution to Plastic Pollution
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.
City of Youngstown, Ohio, Adopts Moratorium on Pyrolysis and Gasification of Tires, Plastic, and Electronic Waste
Threats to Environmental Justice and Human Health Should Prevent Construction of SOBE Pyrolysis Facility
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
U.S. EPA Takes First Step in Potentially Banning Vinyl Chloride
Beyond Plastics Calls for Urgency in the Federal Process on Vinyl Chloride, a Known Human Carcinogen
Community Groups Announce Opposition to Plastics Pyrolysis Plant as Proposed in Follansbee, West Virginia
Groups Vow to Fight for the Health of the Community for as Long as It Takes
Environmental Leaders Deliver 5,869 Petition Signatures to EPA Calling for Vinyl Chloride Ban
Vinyl Chloride Designated a Human Carcinogen 50 Years Ago, Still in Children’s Toys, Drinking-Water Pipes via PVC Plastic
EPA Must Go One Step Further in Replacing Lead Service Lines & Advise Against Using PVC Plastic Pipes
Beyond Plastics calls on US EPA Administrator Michael Regan to advise local governments NOT to replace lead service lines with PVC plastic pipes that contain chemical additives — some toxic and many untested for toxicity — that can leach into our drinking water.