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Support NYS Assembly and NYS Senate Bills A1749 and S1464 regarding Recycling Infrastructure Act
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE SULLIVAN COUNTY LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT FOR THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE TO PASS A STRONG PACKAGING SUPPORT FOR THE NEW YORK ASSEMBLY AND SENATE TO PASS A STRONG PACKAGING REDUCTION AND RECYCLING INFRASTRCTURE ACT (A1749 AND S1464 AND EXPAND THE STATE’S BOTTLE BILL
WHEREAS packaging makes up approximately 40 percent of the waste in New York State; and
WHEREAS managing packaging waste costs New York taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually; and
WHEREAS some packaging is not recyclable and reusable, and refillable packaging systems are not readily available; and
WHEREAS plastic causes serious pollution, including litter and use of toxic chemicals; and
WHEREAS companies that produce packaging should help bear the costs of packaging waste, not just taxpayers; and
WHEREAS enacting the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, as drafted in the New York Assembly and the New York Senate, would reduce waste, increase recycling rates, create jobs, reduce toxicity in products, provide millions of dollars in savings for local governments and taxpayers, and lower greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act should work in tandem with and supplement New York State’s Returnable Container Act; and
WHEREAS New York’s Returnable Container Act should be modernized to reflect an expanded market of beverages, and the deposit on beverage containers should be increased to 10 cents,
BE IT RESOLVED that Sullivan County urges the New York State Legislature to pass, and Governor Kathy Hochul to sign into law, a strong and effective Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, and an expanded and modernized Bottle Bill, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk to the Sullivan County Legislature shall forward copies of this resolution to Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assemblymember Paula Elaine Kay, Senator Peter Oberacker, and all others deemed necessary and proper.
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