Prohibiting the selling of untethered plastic bottle caps.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced May 28, 2025
Official status: Filed (End of Session)
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the selling of untethered plastic bottle caps” Read the full text
Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
What it does
This bill would prohibit the sale of any single use beverage container which does not have a tethered cap that prevents the separation of the cap from the container when removed from the container by the consumer, or which does not have an opening from which the beverage can be consumed while the cap is affixed to the container. The prohibition would begin on January 1, 2032.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced by Council · May 28, 2025
Referred to Comm by Council · May 28, 2025
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025
Official documents
Summary of Int. No. 1283
officialInt. No. 1283
officialMay 28, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
officialHearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-28-25
officialStraight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Who is lobbying on this
From 1 City Clerk eLobbyist filing naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025).