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Re: [greenyes] Plastics News - Opinion Piece on state bottle bills, etc
- Subject: Re: [greenyes] Plastics News - Opinion Piece on state bottle bills, etc
- From: lkingeco2@no.address
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:37:26 EDT
GreenYes,
Too bad about the cartoon with the opinion piece, which shifts the impact of
what Steve Toloken wrote to a less balance perspective in my opinion.
Plastics News link for Toloken opinion piece and cartoon is:
http://www.plasticsnews.com/subscriber/opinion2.phtml?cat=5&id=1051284359
Lance King
Community Solutions
Arlington, VA
In a message dated 4/28/03 12:45:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lkingeco2
writes:
> GreenYes,
>
> Plastics News (April 28, 2003) carries an interesting Opinion Piece by
> Steve Toloken on the growing interest at the state level and among major
> media in expanding current bottle bill laws in Massachusetts, Michigan, and
> New York. While he doesn't support or oppose the proposals, Toloken
> focuses on the relationship between these proposals and the fiscal crisis
> in state government.
>
> Toloken also address related issues from proposed plastic bag bans or taxes
> in the United States, to policies being advanced from Ireland to Taiwan.
> He raises concerns among some in the business community about all these
> proposals, but notes the lack of effective alternatives from the beverage
> industry to reverse the declining beverage container recycling rates.
>
>
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