Pier59 studios commits to being plastic free

Pier59 Studios, a popular location for shows during New York Fashion Week and a photo studio space for major fashion brands, has announced that beginning today the entire 110,000 square-foot facility will be entirely plastic free and using only biodegradable plastic trash bags by January 1, 2020. These regulations will include banning plastics from all outside vendors including caterers. The news comes on the coattails of an environmentally-charged month of activism across the globe, and following founder Federico Pignatelli della Leonessa's invitation to Greta Thunberg, the teen environmentalist who made waves for speaking at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit.