Contact your lawmakers!

Make sure that your state senator and assemblymember are in support of a reformed bottle bill.

Sample script:

"Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [YOUR TOWN/CITY], calling to urge the Senator/Assemblymember to support the Bigger Better Bottle Bill, aka Senate Bill 5684/Assembly Bill 6543!

This bill is key to addressing New York’s solid waste crisis. It will reduce waste, protect environmental justice communities, support small business redemption centers, and offer a lifeline to the thousands of marginalized NY residents that earn their livelihoods redeeming bottles and cans.

I urge the Senator/Assemblymember to please support this much-needed bill.”

Sign-on Letter

Our diverse coalition of over 100 groups from across the state of New York are calling upon Governor Hochul to modernize the Bottle Bill by including the legislation in her Executive Budget.

To join the Bottle Bill 40 group, contact solidwaste@nypirg.org