What They Are Saying

What Others Are Saying

Members of the community, small businesses, organizations and faith-based leaders all agree: expanding New York’s current bottle bill will add to the financial burden already faced by the state. Click to read their letters.

“This would place an undue burden on liquor stores with no space to store empties or create recycling programs.”
Metro Package Store Association

“Although the NSA applauds efforts to promote recycling and reduce solid waste throughout New York State, this legislation will disturb independently owned supermarkets that do not have the space or manpower to expand the beverage container assistance program.”
National Supermarket Association (NSA)

“Throwing open the borders to fraud, more than doubling costs to consumers, ignoring the need to modernize the deposit system with modernization and imposing impractical mandates is not the right approach. We urge your opposition to this bill.”
Beverage Industry Opposition

“The pandemic has exacerbated the inequalities in our state, and even as we emerge from it, hard-working families and small businesses are still trying to recover. This legislation does not alleviate their burdens.”
New York Faith Leaders

Other organizations who have expressed opposition against the bottle ban in New York include:

Clergy College Council Committee Community Civic Connection
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast
Korean Alliance for Greater New York
Korean American Grocers Organization
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
Metropolitan Interdenominational Ministers Conference
National Supermarket Association
New York State AFL-CIO
New York State Conference of Teamsters
New York State Pepsi Bottlers Association
New York State Progressive Baptist Convention
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New York
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
Teamsters Local 812
The Business Council of New York State
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500