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[Judith Enck @enckj]

A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems https://t.co/bvTTzsorjS

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

"Extended Producer Responsibility is a proven approach – implemented already in California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington – that leads to less unnecessary packaging, higher resource recovery, lower greenhouse gas emissions and cost savings for municipalities.

We have successfully implemented similar laws for paint, batteries and other electronics. This year, we have an opportunity to enact this for packaging.

[W]e call on our lawmakers in Albany to take action before this session ends and pass a bill that will slash pollution by significantly reducing the 24 million pounds of material New York City’s sanitation workers collect daily."
-Gregory Anderson, commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation, for City & State

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

Assemblymember @LindaBRosenthal plays Plastectomy!, correctly identifying microplastics in the brain, carotid arteries, lungs, liver, kidneys, bloodstream, testicles, and bone marrow. 

Thank you for supporting The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a), which will reduce single-use plastic and ban some of the most toxic chemicals in packaging. 

Let's get this passed ASAP

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

NY Assemblymember Rebecca Kassay plays Plastectomy! Let's pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA, bill number A1749A) ASAP, Speaker Heastie @NYSA_Majority

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

As we get closer to passing the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA), lobbyists are pushing myths, like PRRIA will raise prices on consumer goods. Let's get the facts straight.

* Packaging only accounts for 2% of a product’s cost

* Consumer Reports strongly supports PRRIA and found that there is no evidence that consumer prices go up as a result of an extended producer responsibility policy

* The status quo has high hidden costs:
** Negative health impacts from plastic are costing Americans $250 billion in healthcare costs each year
** Municipalities in NY already pay hundreds of millions in waste disposal costs from single-use packaging

Tag an elected official who needs to hear this below #peopleoverplastic

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

Please let Prince superfan New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie know that we need to pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (bill A1749-A) this week! Call 518-455-3791

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

@enckj @WAMCRadio 📣 Tell your legislator: https://t.co/BQ5g1EmELT

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

🚨 The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act is in its final week in Albany. Beyond Plastics' president @enckj joined @WAMCRadio's Legislative Gazette to talk about why NY needs to pass #PRRIA now.

🎧 Listen: https://t.co/pkXiEFvxnR

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

... reduce climate emissions; ban many of the most toxic chemicals and substances used in packaging like PFAS, BPA, lead, mercury, and phthalates; save billions in tax dollars over the next 10 years; give recycling a big boost; and advance reuse and refill systems.

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

Please make an urgent phone call today to urge your state Assemblymember to vote YES on The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a). This critical bill would reduce plastic pollution; cut single-use packaging waste by 30% over 12 years...

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

This event is free and open to all but please RSVP in advance: https://t.co/ZoVPZIsJFS

🏷️ @enckj, @davabel, @thenewpress, @booksmithtweets

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

Beantown area peeps, please join our president Judith Enck at the Brookline Booksmith in MA on Weds, June 17 for a free talk about our new book “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late.” We hope to see you there and then.

[Judith Enck @enckj]

Albany lawmakers prepare for mad dash on Trump fund, redistricting as session wraps https://t.co/F0p7PMhRST via @gothamist This is the week to pass the @DeborahJGlick @SenatorHarckham Packaging Reduction bill

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

@AsmSantabarbara What a great letter from Cheryl Nechamen of Schenectady, NY, in @dgazette!

https://t.co/m01VUfbAoM

🏷️ @CarlHeastieNY, @AndreaSCousins

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

"We need the state Assembly and @AsmSantabarbara to support the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749A) this year. This bill is essential in reducing single-use plastic packaging, an excessive amount of plastic waste that is created every day.

"Passing the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would reduce waste, increase recycling efforts, lower toxicity in food products, cut greenhouse gas emissions and save local governments and taxpayers millions of dollars."

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

@AndreaSCousins Loving the enthusiasm from Jennifer Horowitz of Beyond Plastics Lower Westchester in this letter to @YonkersLedger!

https://t.co/l49Jnxs0vL

🏷️ @SenatorHarckham, @NaderJSayegh

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

"The best part is [The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act] is projected to save NYS 1.3 BILLION dollars in the first ten years, 103 million of which will be here in the Hudson Valley! We must all thank @AndreaSCousins for passing PRRIA the past two years in a row, and urge her and @CarlHeastieNY to bring PRRIA to the floor for a vote this session."

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

Shoutout to Adelia Moore of New Lebanon, NY, for getting this LTE published in The Columbia Paper!

https://t.co/ex14QM2NrI

🏷️ @AndreaSCousins, @DidiBarrett106, @SenatorHinchey

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

"The recycling center in the town of New Lebanon recently closed due to cuts in the county budget. This will almost certainly sharply decrease the recycling that residents will do, since the alternative county transfer stations are all at some distance from our town.

"There is a solution. Produce less single use plastic and make the producers pay for its disposal. If @CarlHeastieNY, the speaker of the NYS Assembly, would call for a vote on the Plastics Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, the state would save tax dollars while protecting our health and our environment."

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

@SenatorHarckham @ebottcher @graceleefornyc @JoAnneSimonBK52 @EmilyAssembly

[Beyond Plastics @PlasticsBeyond]

Thank you to @SenatorHarckham, @ebottcher, @graceleefornyc, @JoAnneSimonBK52, and @EmilyAssembly for your commitment to reducing single-use packaging and banning toxic chemicals.

Let's get this over the finish line! Call [phone] right now to be connected directly to your Assemblymember's office, and urge them to vote yes on The Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749-a)