CALL: Ask Assembly Speaker Heastie to Schedule a Vote on Packaging Reduction!

Call now to ask your Legislators to pass the Packaging Reduction Act NOW!

We're soooo close to passing the groundbreaking Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act this spring! Please call Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (pronounced "hasty") to urge him to schedule a vote on this critical bill to reduce plastic packaging, save taxpayer dollars, protect our health and our environmental justice communities, and tackle climate change.


1. Dial Speaker Heastie's office at 518-455-3791.

2. When someone answers, please use the script below:

“Hi, my name is NAME and I’m calling to urge the Speaker to please schedule a vote on The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a) as quickly as possible this spring before the Assembly adjourns in June. There is no more time to waste reducing toxic and wasteful plastic packaging. Please ask the Speaker to make voting on this bill a top priority. Thank you."

3. Once you've hung up, please take a moment to fill out the form on the right to let us know how your call went -- a very important step!

Thank you so much for helping to increase refill and reuse, boost recycling, protect our health, safeguard the health of environmental justice communities, and stem the tide of plastic pollution in New York State.

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