Source: Beyond Plastics – Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
On May 5th, Assemblymember Steven Englebright, Chair of the New York State Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee introduced two new bills to reduce packaging, improve recycling, and reduce litter. One of the bills would enact Extended Producer Responsibilty for packaging. The other bill, a.k.a. the Bigger Better Bottle Bill, would expand New York’s effective 40-year-old container deposit bill to include non-carbonated beverages, wine, and liquor, and modernize the bill by raising the deposit from a nickel to a dime.
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