Northwest Territory
October 31, 2011 Coffee cups, take-out food containers and other miscellaneous garbage line Yellowknife streets for all to see, and that's why a refundable deposit fee placed on all takeout containers will help reduce the unsightly litter, says city councillor Paul Falvo. Northern News Services
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Bottle Bills Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss
October 30, 2011 Dear EarthTalk: Why don’t more states mandate deposits on beverage bottles as incentives for people to return them? Most bottles I’ve seen only list a few states on them. E Magazine
California
November 2011 California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation establishing the most ambitious recycling goal in the nation for California, at the same time enacting incentives aimed at increasing recycled material processing and manufacturing in-state. Together, this strategy is aimed at creating more than 60,000 green jobs in the state over the next 8 years. American Recycler
Maine
November 01, 2011 A former Kittery redemption center owner has been sentenced to 21 months in jail, all but 21 days suspended, and two years of probation for his role in a large-scale bottle redemption fraud scheme. Seacoast Online
Oregon
Oct 29, 2011 Now the creator of Portsmouth-based Earthtec, Dennis Randall, is reaping the dividends of the work that's gone into a company that started 15 years ago in a basement with $600 and two sewing machines. The city of Portland is trying to woo Earthtec to build a manufacturing plant in Oregon, which passed the nation's first bottle recycling bill. CNBC
Massachusetts
Nov 02, 2011 There is a recent push to expand the Bottle Bill in Massachusetts to include non-carbonated beverage containers. As the state representative of a district where four out of five communities directly border New Hampshire, I offer caution to those in favor of this expansion. Taunton Daily Gazette
October 28, 2011 A group of environmental advocates -- dressed as pirates, cats, and even Little Red Riding Hood -- called on Massachusetts legislators to expand the state's bottle-recycling program yesterday. Lowell Sun
Oct 28 2011 Environmentally-conscious campaigners got festive, dressing up for Halloween and asking lawmakers for a "treat" this year, by passing the proposed bottle bill update. 22 News WWLP
Delaware
Oct. 27, 2011 State bottle-fee collections are running more than $220,000 a month below expectations near the end of their first year, raising concerns that unpaid fees will hamper Delaware's ability to meet startup assistance targets for the state's growing recycling program. Delaware Online
Oklahoma
November 4, 2011 State Rep. Mark McCullough has proposed a bill that would require a nickel deposit on beer, soda and water bottles. The Ardmoreite reports. The refundable deposit would pertain to aluminum, glass and plastic beverage containers. NACS Online
November 3, 2011 An Oklahoma lawmaker is drafting a beverage container deposit law that he says will benefit the state by increasing its low recycling rate without imposing a "big-government approach" on businesses. Resource Recycling
October 31, 2011 The time is right for Oklahoma to pass legislation requiring consumers to pay a 5-cent deposit on soft drink and beer bottles and cans, as well as on water bottles, a legislator says. NewsOK
October 28, 2011 Children in Oklahoma circa 1965 could pick up easy money by picking up empty pop bottles and redeeming them for cash. This wasn't done out of environmental concerns. For the kids it was a matter of economic self-interest — what the recycled 1960s protesters on Wall Street might call greed. NewsOK
October 26, 2011 Creating a state recycling program that allows Oklahomans to redeem money when beverage bottles are returned for recycling could have a significant impact on litter in the state, experts told lawmakers this week. Oklahoma State Legislature
