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One brewery with a returnable bottle program in PA is Yuengling, the oldest brewery in the US. http://www.yuengling.com/ (website lacks info on the returnable bottle program...) Mike Siminitus On Apr 15, 8:01 pm, "Ann Dorfman" <dorfman...@no.address> wrote: > I don't think this is what he has in mind, but TerraCyclehttp://www.terracycle.net/is refilling milk and soda bottles with > fertilizer and other products. Why limit refilling containers to refilling > with the same product.... > > Ann Dorfman > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GreenYes@no.address [mailto:GreenYes@no.address] On Behalf > > Of Gary Liss > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:01 PM > To: Pasterz Pete; GreenYes@no.address; Liss Gary; Ann Schneider; > Sierra Club Zero Waste Forum > Cc: ed.hopk...@no.address; robin.m...@no.address; > Bill.Magav...@no.address; robbie....@no.address > Subject: [GreenYes] Re: [heur] [GreenYes] Re: MEDIA request - Status > ofRefillable/ReturnableBeerBottles... soda too? > > Yes, there's a re-emergence of small local/organic dairies using > refillables. That was my point. > > G > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Pasterz <PAPast...@no.address> > > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:45:13 > To:"g...@no.address" <g...@no.address> , Ann Schneider > <schneider...@no.address> , "GreenYes@no.address" > <GreenYes@no.address> , Sierra Club Zero Waste Forum > <CONS-EQST-WASTE-FO...@no.address> > Cc:"ed.hopk...@no.address" <ed.hopk...@no.address> , > "robin.m...@no.address" <robin.m...@no.address> , > "Bill.Magav...@no.address" <Bill.Magav...@no.address> , > "robbie....@no.address" <robbie....@no.address> > Subject: [GreenYes] RE: [heur] [GreenYes] Re: MEDIA request - Status of > Refillable/ReturnableBeerBottles... soda too? > > Gary-- > > I'm sure you did not imply that refillable milk containers were NEW....but > maybe that there's a re-emergence of small local/organic dairies using them. > Remember when in the early 90's when GE was trying to market LEXAN > [polycarbonate = Bisphenol A] refillable milk bottles?? > > Ann-- > CRI and GRRN have some links,http://www.container-recycling.org/glassfact/policies.htmbut most > information is quite dated, as is the work by ILSR and Inform, Inc. > Maybe contacting Brenda Platt at ILSR and Valerie Hoy at CRI directly would > help...perhaps they have info on the current state of refillables which they > have not published... > > Anyone-- > > Why is it that Coke TV commercials ALWAYS show happy people drinking from > refillable glass bottles???? > > --Pete > > -----Original Message----- > From: GreenYes@no.address [mailto:GreenYes@no.address] On Behalf > Of Gary Liss > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:23 PM > To: Ann Schneider; GreenYes@no.address; Sierra Club Zero Waste Forum > Cc: ed.hopk...@no.address; robin.m...@no.address; > Bill.Magav...@no.address; robbie....@no.address > Subject: [heur] [GreenYes] Re: MEDIA request - Status of > Refillable/ReturnableBeerBottles... soda too? > Importance: Low > > Ann, > > Milk refillables are major new development too. Strauss Dairy in Marin. > County does that. > > Container Recycling in DC is best source for all things refillable (where > Pat Franklin used to work). > > G > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ann Schneider <schneider...@no.address> > > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:06:56 > To:CONS-EQST-WASTE-FO...@no.address,GreenYes@no.address > Cc:ed.hopk...@no.address,robin.m...@no.address, > Bill.Magav...@no.address,robbie....@no.address > Subject: [GreenYes] MEDIA request - Status of Refillable/Returnable Beer > Bottles... soda too? > > Hi ZWForum & GRRN: > > Don Russell a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News called me this > morning looking for examples of refillable bottles programs and > legislation. If you have any information or good leads and can send to me > or Pete Pasterz, that would be terrific. I will forward to the reporter. > Sorry I didn't ask his permission to include his email so I deleted it from > this email. > > He is familiar with Canada's beer bottle refillables and Europes > refillables, and mentioned in Norway even the caps are returned for > reuse/recycling. Nice to have a reporter who is so savy to EPR concepts. > > Cool news is somehow he heard of the Club's Zero Waste: Cradle policy and > that it includes refillables. Yea, Bill Sheehan, Helen Speigelman and Robin > Schneider!!! > > Ann Schneider > Chair, Zero Waste Committee > Sierra Club > Ann.Schnei...@no.address <mailto:Ann.Schnei...@no.address> > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "Joe Sixpack" <> > To: <pete.past...@no.address <mailto:pete.past...@no.address> > > Cc: <Ann.Schnei...@no.address <mailto:Ann.Schnei...@no.address> > > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:52:42 -0400 > Subject: Yo from Joe Sixpack > > > Hi Pete - > > Ann Schneider gave me your name. I write the beer column at the Philadelphia > Daily News, and I'm working on a report about refillable bottles. I'm mainly > interested in any initiatives or reports on U.S. refillable bottle programs. > It seems almost non-existent. Are you aware of any breweries that have > started refilling bottles? Any legislative actions to promote/mandate > refilling? > > I'm basically trying to get a handle on where refilling stands in the U.S. > > Don Russell > Phila. Daily News > > Tel. 215-500-4627 > > DISCLAIMER: > E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North > Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - |
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