N.Y. Assembly Will Not Pass EPR Packaging Bill

NY lawmakers put brakes on plastic packaging and other environmental bills

Environmental advocates had been pushing New York lawmakers to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act down to the final days of the legislative session, draping artwork made of plastic packaging near the Assembly chambers. The bill passed in the Senate, but did not get a vote in the Assembly.(Jeongyoon Han/New York Public News Network)Environmental advocates had hoped that this would be the year New York would pass large-s…

Single-use plastic packaging bill not voted on in NYS Assembly

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- Assemblymembers left Albany on Tuesday without voting on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure bill. "The plastic pollution problem is not going away, and neither are we," said Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics. According to Enck, the bill would have reduced single-use plastic packaging by 30% over the next 12 years. "It would have eliminated 17 of the most toxic chemicals used to make packaging," s…

New York legislative session ends without Assembly vote on packaging EPR

Packaging industry groups celebrated the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act’s failure to advance as the legislature’s formal session came to a close early Wednesday.

N.Y. Assembly will not pass EPR Packaging bill

Those who were pushing the bill claim it will be a step toward addressing New York’s role in out-of-control plastic use.

FPSA - Prepare Now for New State Restrictions on Food Packaging Materials

Efforts are underway to create a patchwork of new state-specific extended producer responsibility (EPR) and stewardship programs, recycling requirements, and minimum post-consumer recycled (PCR) content requirements that apply to packaging materials used for food and beverage products. Entities across the entire food and beverage supply chain may be implicated and need to be prepared for compliance.  Read MoreThe post Prepare Now for New State R…

Industry blocks New York packaging law in final hours

he New York state legislature has ended without its much-debated Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) being passed.