Bottle Bills
expansion is a hot issue in Iowa, Connecticut and New York
Activists, students, redemption
center owners, elected officials, lawmakers (and landfill owners) in Iowa, Connecticut and New York push for expansion
of state bottle bills to include bottled water and other non-carbonated
beverages. Here are some newspaper articles, editorials and blogs from
the last few days that are available on line. These articles present a
golden opportunity for letters to the editor and letters to the editor not only
show support for deposits, they help to keep the issue alive.
In Iowa:
Judge
leans on lawmakers to expand bottle bill
Mason City Globe Gazette - Mason
City,IA,USA
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Landfill
operators join call for "bottle bill"
expansion
Radio Iowa
- Des Moines,IA,USA
By O.Kay Henderson Landfill operators have joined the chorus clamoring for an
expansion of Iowa's
bottle deposit law in hopes of
keeping more recyclable .
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Lt.
Gov. steps up pressure on bottle
deposit law
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
Patty Judge stepped up pressure on lawmakers Tuesday to expand the state's bottle deposit law. While legislative
leaders say they're crafting a bill
that ...
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In Connecticut:
Lawmakers expand bottle bill
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
By Ken Dixon STAFF WRITER HARTFORD
-- The Democratic-dominated Environment Committee was ready Friday to water
down last year's version of the bottle
...
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In New York:
Bottle Politics
Kingston
Freeman editorial,
3/17/08
http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19390180&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=8
The
Bigger Bottle Bill is being
discussed in the NY State ...
By Mike Madsen(Mike Madsen)
The original Bottle Bill of 1982,
requires a five-cent refundable deposit on carbonated drinks sold in New York,
which means consumers can return their empty bottles and cans to their local
grocery store and receive five cents for each ...
kingston progressive -
http://kingstonprogressive.blogspot.com/
SGA
Election Ballot Referenda
By A. Mattson
NYPIRG student activists have also organized campus projects against
homelessness and hunger, child labor and sweatshops, and a organized a drive
for the Better Bottle Bill, the
Straphanger's Campaign for mass transit, as well as other ...
Catalyst Radio News -
http://wcownews.typepad.com/webradio_news/