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LoHud: Recycling Industry Gathers at State Capitol to Call for Updates to Outdated Bottle Bill

5/6/2024

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Redemption centers in crisis again gather at state capitol to call on legislators to update the state's outdated bottle bill to prevent their mass closures from worsening.

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Times Union: Advocates Push for Higher Deposits, Handling Fees for Containers

5/6/2024

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Struggling redemption center owners and employees converge on Albany alongside environmental advocates to call on legislators to update the state's outdated and crumbling Bottle Bill.

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LoHud: Recycling Industry, Bottle Collectors, Environmentalists Call for Epdates to Bottle Bill

5/6/2024

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Groups of redemption center owners, employees, environmentalists and Soprano's actor Robert Funaro join together in efforts to get state legislators to update New York's Bottle Bill, using cardboard tombstones to represent over 80 businesses closed in the last year.

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The Public's Radio: Do Bottle Bills Work?

3/26/2024

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Radio host Megan Hall questions if Rhode Island implementing a bottle recycling program (DRP aka a bottle bill) would make a difference for the state. The answer is YES!

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Letter to Editor: Wallkill Valley Times

3/22/2024

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James Sullivan strongly urges Governor to increase handling fee to save redemption centers from further closures.

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Letter to Editor: Post Star

3/16/2024

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James Sullivan of Rock Tavern writes asking New York State does not pass budget without including an increased handling fee to save redemption centers from further closures.

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Assemblywoman Woerner Walks a Mile in Owner's Shoes

3/7/2024

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Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner and staff spent Leap of Kindness Day working at an area redemption center to better understand the issues these small businesses face with lack of bottle bill maintenance since 2009.
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Letter to Editor: Times Union

3/4/2024

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James Sullivan of Rock Tavern writes that redemption centers will die without increased handling fee.

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Budget Hearing Testimony: Bottle Bill

2/7/2024

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Alexis Goldsmith of Beyond Plastics, Peter Sidote, Jade Eddy and Martin Naro, all representing redemption centers across New York, testify for the second time as to why legislators need to act swiftly to save and modernize the bottle redemption system.
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(Testimony begins at hour 12, minute 36)
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Letter to Editor: Ithaca Times

2/2/2024

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Peter Bardaglio, of Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, writes about his opinion on the bottle bill. Published February 2, 2024.

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