Single-use plastic packaging bill not voted on in NYS Assembly

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 are we," said Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics.

According to Enck, the bill would have reduced single-use plastic packaging by 30% over the next 12 years.

"It would have eliminated 17 of the most toxic chemicals used to make packaging," said Enck. "It would...