plastics

Plastic is everywhere, used widely in manufacturing and packaging. The waste is found all over the environment, even in our bodies. There are ideas to reduce and reuse plastic to lessen the impacts.

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a new law banning small toiletry bottles from hotels with 50 or more rooms starting January 1st, 2025.

There are just seven scheduled session days for lawmakers to complete their work for 2024.

There's optimism that an expanded bottle bill may get a vote, as well as a measure that aims to reduce plastic packaging.

Environmental groups are hoping NYS lawmakers will act on a series of measures to combat climate change and clean up pollution.

The bill would cut the amount of plastic packaging in consumer products in half over a period of twelve years, and step up recycling efforts. It faces fierce opposition from the plastics industry.

The legislation would phase in reductions in plastic packaging over several years and ban a practice known as “chemical recycling.” That’s where heat or chemical reactions break down some plastic materials so they can eventually be used in new products.

Many Onondaga County residents might think they’re doing good by throwing anything plastic with a recycle symbol in their blue bin for recycling. After…