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Former EPA leader says more needs to be done on plastics

New York's upcoming ban on single-use plastic bags is a good thing, but more needs to be done, says former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck.
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New York's upcoming ban on single-use plastic bags is a good thing, but more needs to be done, says former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck.

New Yorkers have only about six months left to get single-use plastic bags at the supermarket before a ban goes into effect March 1, and former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck says that’s a good thing.

Enck now runs the Beyond Plastics center at Bennington College, Vermont, and she spoke during a recent conference there.

She says when it comes to plastics, more needs to be done.

Click on the LISTEN link above to hear an excerpt of an interview between Enck and WXXI's Karen DeWitt.

Karen DeWitt is Capitol Bureau chief for the New York Public News Network, composed of a dozen newsrooms across the state. She has covered state government and politics for the network since 1990.