Sentences with phrase «surcharge on plastic bags»

There's majority support for scrapping a surcharge on plastic bags in New York City, according to a poll released this weekend by the state Conservative Party.

I wonder how it is that a surcharge on plastic bags rather then an outright ban was found to work better?

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Supporters of the plastic bag fee say it's designed to cut down on environmentally harmful waste and surcharges in other cities have worked better than outright bans.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags, introducing a bill to outlaw them by next year day after Earth Day and a little more than a year after he blocked a 5 - cent surcharge that New York City had sought to place on single - use plastic bags.

The funding stream could come from a voluntary surcharge on motor vehicle registrations or a penny tax on plastic bags, according to Erik Kulleseid, the director of a new parks advocacy group, the Alliance for New York State Parks.

As the Republican - controlled Senate Tuesday prepares to vote on legislation that would block New York City from enacting a five - cent fee on plastic bags, an environmental group is urging the Legislature to let the surcharge take effect.

A group of outer borough lawmakers gathered in Brooklyn today to unveil a bill to stop the city's recently passed plan to levy a five - cent surcharge on paper and plastic bags.

A group of outer borough lawmakers gathered in Brooklyn today to unveil a bill to stop New York City's recently passed plan to levy a five - cent surcharge on paper and plastic bags.

All grocery stores will begin adding a five cent surcharge to paper and plastic bags on Oct. 1 to comply with a new law recently passed by the City Council.

Discussions continue on the enactment of a surcharge on the use of plastic bags, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a news conference on Wednesday defended his approval a bill that blocks a 5 - cent fee on plastic bags from taking effect in New York City, saying the surcharge's approval «clearly» fell within the state's authority.

Councilman Rafael Espinal today toured Lagmitz Paper and Plastic Co., a plastic bag distributor in his Brooklyn district, in a show of defiance to Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander and Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin and their proposal for a 10 - cent surcharge on the disposablPlastic Co., a plastic bag distributor in his Brooklyn district, in a show of defiance to Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander and Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin and their proposal for a 10 - cent surcharge on the disposablplastic bag distributor in his Brooklyn district, in a show of defiance to Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander and Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin and their proposal for a 10 - cent surcharge on the disposable bags.

Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander and Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin — the architects of the city's planned five - cent surcharge on paper and plastic bags — accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of suffocating both local government and the planet by signing off on legislation blocking the implementation of the statute.