“Sopranos” actor Robert Funaro joins advocates in calling for update to the state’s bottle bill on May 6 during a news conference at West Capitol Park. Legislation aimed at curbing plastic waste faces ...

High-profile legislation to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the state is making its way through the Assembly once again. And with growing support from groups like the NAACP and the Hispanic ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– Assemblymembers left Albany on Tuesday without voting on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure bill. “The plastic pollution problem is not going away, and neither ...

Environmental advocates had hoped that this would be the year New York would pass large-scale, affordable environmental policies. But when the legislative session ended after midnight Wednesday, the ...

State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, debates a plastics recycling bill on the floor of the state Senate last week. State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, still hasn’t been swayed by a ...

Local and statewide environmental advocates are extremely concerned New York state assembly leaders are going to leave Albany next week without approving a packaging reduction bill that they say would ...

New York lawmakers reached a deal this week to force businesses to reduce the amount of plastics they use to wrap products — but the agreement waters down a previous version of the proposal. The ...

It may be a case of lactose intolerance. 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 ...

The bill would require companies to cut plastic packaging by 50% over 10 years "This is the ninth time this bill has been posted for a hearing," Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex) said, referring to a ...

Environmental advocates had hoped that this would be the year New York would pass large-scale, affordable environmental policies. But when the legislative session ended after midnight Wednesday, state ...