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Litter Reduction
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New Move To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags Underway In New York
In an effort to “combat litter, help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment for future generations,” New York is banning single-use plastic bags and is expanding the bottle bill to include most non-alcoholic containers. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that a bottle bill expansion and a plastic bag ban will be included in the 2019 Executive Budget. The expansion on the bottle bill will make most non-alcoholic drink containers eligible for five-cent redemption. The expansion on the bottle bill will include sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit and vegetable b…