NYC small businesses will be required to play a bigger role in sustainability by recycling reusable bags, if the city passes a new bill that was announced on
Thursday.
NYC Council Member Shaun Abreu of Manhattan, who sponsored the bill, wants certain stores to provide designated bins for customers to drop off unwanted reusable shopping bags.If the bill passes, customers who have collected countless canvas or plastic totes since New York banned single-use plastic bags in October 2020 will also have an opportunity to support sustainability.
Here is how the process would work: Shops, including retail and grocery stores, would provide a bin where customers can drop off unwanted reusable bags.Andrea Fox, also from Staten Island, called the bill “ridiculous” and said she refuses to clean a reusable bag. “Years ago paper was bad because it was killing trees hence plastic bags,” she said. “Now plastic is bad again and recyclable are good. I find them gross to use personally. They’re not being cleaned –I am not cleaning a shopping bag–and have various things being put in them like raw chicken and meat. More germs and bacteria if you ask me.”, which was implemented last month and requires property owners to separate food and other organic waste from regular curbside trash.
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