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Dec 21, 2023
NY DEC Leads Effort To Investigate Bottle Bill Fraud
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) joined a statewide multi-agency effort to help prevent returnable container schemes that defraud the state of millions of dollars each year. This new effort will help uncover practices that prevent bottles and cans without deposits from being redeemed, thus reducing funds that support crucial environmental and other state initiatives.
“New York’s highly successful Bottle Bill is an unfortunate target for unscrupulous criminals looking to make big bucks from the state’s nickels,” Basil Seggos, New York DEC commissioner said. “This newly launched effort will help foster coordination among state and local partners across the many jurisdictions included in Bottle Bill enforcement to help recoup lost revenue, hold violators accountable, and eliminate the competitive disadvantage experienced by companies that play by the rules.”