Waste News: Westchester

We are excited to release our 2021-2022 Westchester Policy Agenda. We will focus our advocacy and programming on combating climate

The new single-use bag law gives counties and cities the option to opt-in to a five-cent fee for paper bags, which would further reduce litter and solid waste pollution and substantially lower carbon emissions from producing paper bags. Some local governments in New York have already voted in favor of the fee, while others have either opposed it or are still deliberating.