We've got an opportunity to reduce single-use plastic packaging by 50% in New York, get toxic chemicals out of packaging, give recycling and composting programs a boost, and take the burden for dealing with packaging waste off tax-payers. We need Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to bring the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act up for a vote this session!

Fill out the form to to email these two legislative leaders. Use the template letter as a base, but feel free to lean into your own concerns (climate, environmental justice, health, water quality, taxpayer savings, etc.)

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S4246-B / A5322-B) will:

• Require most companies to reduce their plastic packaging by 50% in 12 years
• Require companies to redesign packaging to be recycled at a minimum 70% rate in 12 years
• Get 19 of the most toxic chemicals and substances out of packaging - including PFOA/PFAS, benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, lead, cadmium, pthalates, and bisphenols
• Shift the burden of paying for waste management of packaging from taxpayers to the companies responsible for creating the packaging
• Prevent toxic, polluting "chemical recycling" technologies from counting as recycling
• Provide much-needed support to local recycling programs