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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
LOL, I shouldn’t laugh. Well, at least the Clintons still called it “Christmas”, not like Biden who referred to Easter Bunnies as “Oyster Bunnies”.
WHEN DISPOSABLE DIAPERS ARE BANNED & MOTHERS HAVE TO EMPTY & WASH CLOTH DIAPERS & REUSE THEM LIKE OUR MOTHERS DID-—
THEN I WILL PAY ATTENTION——
NOT ONE NANOSECOND SOONER
That is not cheese-the slices probably are almost as much plastic as the wrappers on them...
Is this the Bee?
I only buy fresh, real cheese-no wrapped slices of almost-plastic fake cheese food. If you put the cheese in a plastic storage baggie and close it tightly after you slice what you want from it with a knife you haven’t used on any other food item you do not get mold, and you eat healthy real food. This even works for locally made goat cheese and Mexican queso fresco, which are easily perishable items...
“The typical New Yorker creates nearly 5 pounds of trash every day”
If anyone took a moment to think then they would know that is total BS. And it would probably take a thousand or more cheese separators to reach a pound. The left always counts on no-one questioning their math and science.
I buy those to wrap the dog’s pill. He doesn’t fall for the spoonful of sugar trick but the cheese works.
all said like the price of cheese won’t go up...
I agree with you. Too much packaging is often unnecessary.
And your cheese will retain the aroma better if you buy it as a block and only slice it just before consumption.
Nobody’s perfect.
The recycled plastic that went overseas would go to places that would run out of room for the recycle material. So they put the excess on ships, ran it out to sea and dumped it into the ocean. That’s how all the plastics got into the ocean.
Their next big goal will be to thr environment by banning kitchen roll and toilet paper. You will be encourage to use cloths that can be washed (the enviromental impact has yet to be assessed) and reused. Just don’t get your kitchen and toilet cloths crossed. On second thought since this is the digital age perhaps you could do the latter digitally.
Moved out of NYS in 2008 to PA and while PA isn’t close to being paradise (it’s heading in the wrong direction), it’s FAR less bad than NYS.
My wife and I were in NYS on Thu-Sat past for wine tasting. The southern tier along Rte 17/I-86 is an economic wasteland. The vast majority of businesses are retail with very little manufacturing (ie, value adding) between Binghamton and Jamestown. One can see the same thing along the NY Thruway as well.
New York is dying and the left and its supporters are to blame.
And go where?
There’s not a truly red state in the nation.
Not one.
We are NOT voting-with-our-feet our way out of this.
Have you been through there lately?
Not much retail, either.
Here’s a link to the bill...
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4246/amendment/A
Check out this bit...
“...§ 27-3403 details the selection process of the packaging reduction
organization (PRO). The Department of Environmental Conservation will
open a bidding process in which not-for-profit organizations will submit
a detailed description of how they plan to implement the provisions of
this bill. The Department will then pick an organization to create the
PRO from the pool of bidders. If there are no suitable bidders, the
Department will either choose to run the PRO itself, or designate a
state body to operate the program...”
I can’t figure out why most people haven’t seemed to realize how hat these people will ALWAYS have a next target.
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