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 Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to prioritize the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act and bring it to a vote this session!

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The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S.4246-B / A.5322-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 toxic chemicals out of packaging - including PFOA, benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, heavy metals, pthalates, and bisphenols
• Shift the burden of paying for waste management of packaging from taxpayers to the producers of the packaging
• Prevent toxic, polluting "chemical recycling" technologies from counting as recycling