Plastic Bags More Unwelcome In New Castle

CHAPPAQUA, NY — New Castle instituted a groundbreaking plastic bag ban this year. Now the company that picks up recyclables in town is adding its own.

The company, SaniPro, will require all recyclables be loose and unbagged and placed in recycling containers.

If recyclables are in plastic bags, they won't be picked up. Instead, this sticker will be affixed to the plastic bag as a reminder, town officials said.

When New Castle passed its first law about reusable bags in 2016, Steven Wolk, chairman of the town's Sustainability Advisory Board, said while New Castle wouldn't be the first municipality in the country to pass a bag law that reduces both single-use plastic and paper shopping bags, its law was the most comprehensive, environmental, and pro-business law of its kind in New York State.

SEE: Reusable Bag Law Goes Into Effect Jan. 1 around Chappaqua