"New York's plastic waste situation is bleak: overflowing landfills, pollutants pumping into the atmosphere, microplastics in our bodies-and, as a cherry on top, the fact that our tax dollars are funneled into dealing with all of this plastic garbage. Advocates for the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act (PRRA) want to change that, by requiring that companies making more than $5 million a year in revenue enact a 30 percent reduction in single-use packaging over a 12-year period."
"The bill would also ban certain chemicals from being used in packaging, with a fee imposed on companies depending on which kind of packaging they continue to use, deferred to state agencies that deal with plastics recycling. Conceptually, the policy is overwhelmingly popular with New Yorkers: a released in April found that 73 percent of New Yorkers would support a state-imposed reduction of single-use packaging for companies making just $1 million a year in annual revenue, an even lower bar than the PRRA proposes."
New York faces severe plastic pollution, including overflowing landfills, atmospheric pollutants, and microplastics in people, with public funds covering cleanup costs. The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act (PRRA) would require companies with over $5 million in revenue to cut single-use packaging by 30% over 12 years, ban certain chemicals, and levy fees on continuing packaging types with funds deferred to state recycling agencies. Polling showed 73% public support for similar reductions at lower revenue thresholds. The PRRA passed the state senate twice but stalled in 2024 and failed to reach an assembly vote in 2025 amid disproportionate corporate lobbying against the bill.
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