Media Releases

• NYPIRG Analysis: Modernizing Bottle Bill Could Generate As Much As $100 Million For Environmental Programs (1/28/25)

• Groups call on state leaders to take urgent action to save struggling redemption centers (6/28/24)

• Coalition releases list of over 1,000 charities that would benefit from an expansion of the bottle bill (6/3/24)

• Analysis shows that failure to modernize the bottle bill has resulted in at least 97 redemption center closures (5/31/24)

• Message in a bottle: groups send environmental “SOS” to state leaders, urging action on the bottle bill as a top end-of-session priority (5/6/24)

• Over 300 business, civic, environmental, youth groups call on Governor Hochul to modernize the bottle bill (1/10/24)

In the News

• Proposed bill could bring New York’s bottle deposit to 10 cents, include more beverage types (News10NBC WHEC, 4/4/25)

• Faith Leaders, Environmental Groups Supporting Two Bills Aimed at Reducing Plastic Packaging and Waste (Legislative Gazette, 2/13/25)

• Redemption Centers Plead for Passage of Bottle Bill (WNNY Watertown Channel 7, 2/4/25)

• Renewed Push for Bigger Better Bottle Bill in New York (Albany News10, 1/31/25)

• Expanding Bottle Bill Could Generate $100m for NY Environmental Programs (WAER Public Media, 1/30/25)

• Advocates to Albany: "New York is Not Disposable" (WROC-ROC (CBS) - Rochester, NY News 8, 1/28/25)

• People Call on Gov. Hochul to Reduce Use of Plastics (WNYT (NBC) - Albany, NY NewsChannel 13, 1/28/25)

• "New York is Not Disposable" Campaign Kicks Off (WXXA (FOX) - Albany, NY News10 on FOX23, 1/28/25)

• Environmental Advocates Recycle Campaign Against Plastic Packaging for New Session (City and State, 1/28/25)

• Opinion: We Need the Bigger, Better Bottle Bill (New York Daily News, 1/25/25)

• Recycling in New York, a low-paid job for undocumented immigrants, just got more precarious (El País, 1/3/25)

• Why New York’s “Canners” Think Those Recyclables Should Be Worth More Than 5 Cents a Pop (Slate, 11/27/24)

• He ‘redeems’ the trash New Yorkers throw away, finding value – and opportunity – in waste. (The Guardian, 7/20/24)

• Brooklyn Recycling Center Redeems 1 Million Bottles Per Month (Inside Edition, 7/5/24)

• Brooklyn nonprofit recycling center sees rise in bottle deposit collectors (CBS News, 7/1/24)

• A NY push to cut down on single-use plastics just fizzled out. Why? And what happens now? (Poughkeepsie Journal, 6/11/24)

• Hochul pauses congestion pricing as other environmental bills flounder (WRVO Central New York NPR, 6/5/24)

• Public interest group pushes for ‘modernization’ changes to New York State’s bottle bill (WBNG, Southern Tier channel 12 news, 6/5/24)

• Advocates call on NYS to 'modernize' Bottle Bill; double the refund and expand what can be recycled (WKBW, ABC7 Buffalo, 6/3/24)

• NYPIRG: Bottle bill update is key to New York’s solid waste future (Capital Tonight, Spectrum News, 6/3/24)

• Bills on plastic packaging and redemption fees still alive (Albany Times Union, 5/23/24)

• Bill would double bottle deposits to 10 cents, raise handling fees (Albany Times Union, 5/6/24)

• NY bottle recyclers rally for raises in Albany. Why they say they're in peril (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 5/7/24)

• Recycling industry, bottle collectors, environmentalists call for updates to Bottle Bill (LoHud The Journal News, 5/6/24)

• As more people turn to collecting bottles and cans, NY lawmakers push doubling refunds. (Gothamist, 3/8/24)

• Dealing with New York's "other" crisis: The trash tsunami (WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Northeast Report, 3/4/24)

• My Grandpa Redeemed Cans for Money. He Deserved a Raise. (New York Times, 2/18/24)

• Plastic is everywhere (River Reporter, 2/14/24)

• A bigger bottle bill, again? (Politico, 1/10/24)