Posted on 04/21/2024 6:38:41 PM PDT by lowbridge
Individually wrapped cheese would be largely banned under a far-reaching bill getting pushed by New York environmentalists and politicians to reduce the use of plastics, The Post has learned.
The state bill — called Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act — would require companies with net incomes over $1 million who sell or distribute food or products to reduce plastics and other packaging that ends in landfills or waterways by 50% over the next 12 years.
It would also impose a fee on companies that use plastic packages, with money going toward recycling programs and infrastructure.
“This legislation shifts the onus of recycling from municipalities and ensures that producers of products are serving our interests by establishing solutions to sustainable packaging,” Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Peekskill) said in a memo promoting the bill.
The typical New Yorker creates nearly 5 pounds of trash every day, which means the state produces approximately 15 million tons of waste each year, according to Harckham, who introduced the measure along with Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D-Manhattan).
“This waste primarily goes to landfills and incinerators, but can often end up in our water, natural habitats, and municipal spaces,” the memo said.
Four states have implemented similar programs — Maine, Oregon, Colorado and California.
One leading environmentalist backing the bill confirmed that the goal is to eliminate single slices of cheese packaged in non-reusable plastic, as well as other wasteful packaging.
“We have to do something about the plastic crisis,” said Judith Enck, president of the group Beyond Plastics.
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that stuff is garbage anyway
There goes the Easter/Halloween candy business!
(Life-Savers feeling threaten, too)
How DARE you!!
You WILL accept the USDA Standardized Thickness deemed most neccessary and you will LIKE it!
BTW
You WILL quit wasting fuel by IMPORTING Swiss cheese.
We created American cheese - you will eat IT!
We see what you did here.
You are on the list, Buster!
If they force everyone to cut the cheese won't that be trading a waste problem for a methane one?
Lol ;)
Thank you ma’am. Much obliged. Pleased to be on your list.
Thank you ma’am. Much obliged. Pleased to be on your list.
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