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May 15, 2024
Op-Ed | The Bottle Bill is bad for the industry and bad for consumers
Posted on May 15, 2024
By Michael Durrant
Legislation was recently proposed in New York’s legislature to expand the state’s bottle bill (S.237C/A. 6353). A major part of this proposal is doubling the deposit fees paid for each beverage container that we recycle in our state. The Food Industry Alliance of New York State, which represents the full spectrum of the retail food industry in New York, has significant concerns with this bill and enacting into law would be a significant misstep by Albany.