Safer Sales Slip Act Suffolk County, LI

Hello Deborah Harris,

 

 

I am a businessman based in the Town of Brookhaven. For the last 5 years I have been on the side of the environment when it comes to non-toxic products especially the prevalent use of Bisphenol-A. Fortunately, more and more manufacturers are making BPA-free products that are found on the shelves of quality stores on Long Island and around the country.

 

That is why I support the Safer Sales Sip Act which is designed to stop using BPA as an ingredient in the ubiquitous piece of paper found in almost every store and put in the hands of consumers, including children. Once again I can report that there are alternative sources of sales receipt paper that do not increase costs to our businesses.

 

In March 2009 I stood with my friend, Karen Miller, and watched Steven H. Stern and the Suffolk County Legislature pass groundbreaking legislation to protect babies and toddlers from ingesting the synthetic estrogen Bisphenol-A (BPA), contained in hard plastics used in baby bottles and “sippy” cups designed for young children.

 

So I am asking again for the Legislature to do the same thing with BPA-laden sales receipt paper.

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

Robert Meinke

Shirley, NY 11967

Kudos to the NY Giant's Mara family.

The NY Giant's Mara family were rewarded again for the early decision in NFL history to share revenue among teams. That way the Green Bay's and Pittsburgh's could compete with big cities NY and LA. Football is immensely popular and extremely profitable for all involved. Their magnanimity allows others to win and allows the Giants to win still, too.

Unheard of in any other industry.

Robert in NY

Plastic waste is everywhere and accumulating.

Hello Bloggers,

Are you ready Long Island or anywhere else in the country? Is anyone paying attention now that the leaves have fallen off most of the trees?

You don’t really have to look that hard. Just observe the side of any road, especially the Long Island Expressway. Go to the local park, the beaches, the soccer field, any parking lot, high school and college campus. Take a half mile walk from your home or place of business. What do you see everywhere?

PLASTIC.

Ubiquitous plastic water and Gatorade bottles, plastic grocery bags, plastic shrink wrap, plastic

deli containers. Plastic stuck in tree limbs, not-so-buried in bushes and thrown out like someone should clean up

after your mess. It accumulates year after year because, unlike most paper products, it won’t biodegrade (or go away), for hundreds of years. Unless, of course, if birds try to eat it and fall dead from the toxic combination of chemicals and fossil fuels and starvation.

Is this really what we want as a society? Does anyone, other than the plastic industry – I’ll bet their typing away already with their counter argument – like what they see?

There is a move to ban plastic bags. Our beautiful national parks like the Grand Canyon is facing a growing abundance of this insidious sight and litter. Everyone can help cut down on this pollution by bringing your daily water or drink in a re-usable container, use recycling bins for your plastic trash waste and bring your own bags when grocery shopping. These three habits alone are so simple.

I’m NOT writing this letter just to complain. How about starting a Long Island (or New York or even better, NATIONAL) day of picking up the plastic? How about New Year’s Day? Most people are off and can take sometime OUTSIDE to pick up their street, local vacant lot or anywhere they visit that day to seek out and pickup litter, especially the plastic kind. One day a year. Or maybe two if you go to work the next day and see plastic, pick it up!

It’s really not too much to ask, is it?

Robert Meinke

Shirley, NY

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