New Yorkers For Better Recycling

New York’s bottle deposit system is broken. It can – and should – be more efficient and convenient for residents, retailers and producers. If the legislature expands the state’s current deposit law and hikes fees without reforms, it will:

Make everyday grocery items more expensive;
Result in a more ineffective recycling system; and
Hurt jobs and the local economy

There are better ways – ones that will protect the environment and not hurt New Yorkers!

Send a Letter to New York Lawmakers telling them to reject A.6353:

NEW YORKERS DESERVE BETTER.

We propose a better way – a modernized system that is run and funded by a non-profit Product Stewardship Organization made up of private sector producers. This reform system has worked elsewhere to create an efficient and effective collection system that is financially stable and convenient to consumers, and it will work for all New Yorkers. Under a modern system, producers have a financial incentive to operate the system effectively, with government support and oversight. This will ensure high recycling rates, financial stability and convenience to consumers.

We share the goals of our environmental and legislative partners to reduce waste and use less new plastic. And we know through our decades of experience within producer stewardship systems in other parts of the world that a modernized, producer-run deposit system will achieve our collective vision for higher recycling rates in New York. Oregon, which enacted the nation’s first-ever deposit system, has shifted to this type of system and now leads the 10 U.S. deposit states with a redemption rate approaching 90% for bottles and cans.

THE FACTS

A system run and funded by a non-profit Product Stewardship Organization made up of private sector producers is critical to an efficient and effective collection program.

New York has the opportunity to be a leader in the Northeast by investing in a modern recycling system that is shown to achieve high recycling rates and is also financially stable and convenient to consumers.

Without reform, costs would skyrocket and harm New York’s small businesses and their employees, including union workers.

Beverage bottles are the most recyclable – and recycled – plastic in New York. The reformed deposit model that we are proposing would provide true accountability and transparency in the system, meet performance targets and support investments in the program.

SAY NO TO THE BOTTLE BILL EXPANSION IN NEW YORK AND YES TO REFORM.

Join us in the fight for New York’s environment, families, and small businesses!

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