California
Payments to CA processors to be cut? By Jake Thomas
May 26, 2011 The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is considering a measure that would result in reduced financial support for processors of certain recyclable materials.
Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter
CA hits new high recycling rate By Editorial Staff
May 26, 2011 Californians turned in 82 percent of their bottles and cans in 2010, keeping the recycling rate for beverage containers covered by the state bottle bill at a record high for the second year in a row.
Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter
Oregon
A 21st century bottle bill (Editorial)
Legislature OKs its expansion and shift from grocers
June 1, 2011 The shape of a grand bargain on an update of Oregon’s 40-year-old bottle bill has been visible for the past couple of years...Whether the bargain is a good one for Oregonians and the environment will depend on the convenience of a new system of redemption centers.
CRI cited: "According to the Plastics News trade publication, the Container Recycling Institute expects higher return rates for all types of beverage containers"
The Register-Guard
Telfer Wanted the Bottle Bill to be Much More
May 30, 2011 Oregon lawmakers recently approved a new bottle bill that will greatly expand the state's recycling program. But State Senator Chris Telfer wants to...offer guidance on what to do with unclaimed deposit money.
News Talk 1110 KBND
Bottle Bill update will make us jump (Editorial) By Hasso Hering
May 29, 2011 Because of the insistence by the backers on a higher deposit sooner or later unless most containers are redeemed, it looks as though the motive had something to do with making otherwise free and responsible citizens dance to the legislature's particular tune.
Albany Democrat-Herald
How Oregon's bottle bill was greatly expanded in a legislative session made for killing bills (Editorial) By Jeff Mapes
May 26, 2011 This week's passage in the Oregon Legislature of a sweeping expansion of the state's bottle bill was a huge victory for the environmental lobby, particularly in a nearly evenly divided Legislature that seems tailor-made for killing bills. But, as usual, there's a back story explaining how House Bill 3145 succeeded after so many attempts to expand the bottle bill failed in the last four decades.
The Oregonian
Australia
Manufacturers slam container deposit deadline By Alison Middleton
Jun 1, 2011 AEST Drink manufacturers say the deadline for the introduction of a cash for containers scheme in the Northern Territory is impossible. The Territory Government wants the scheme to start late this year.
ABC News
Nevada
Bottle deposit bill gets tagged with $1.4 million fiscal note, on way to study status The Associated Press
May 31, 2011 CARSON CITY, Nev. — The mission to add Nevada's name to the list of bottle deposit states is on its way to limbo. Lawmakers on the Assembly Ways and Means Committee heard support Tuesday for AB427. The bill would tack on a refundable 5-cent deposit onto plastic bottles. Nevadans would reclaim the cash by dropping off bottles at recycling centers. The bill's initial cost was pegged at around $500,000, but the updated proposal comes with an estimated $1.4 million per-year price tag because it would increase the state's responsibility. The bill will likely morph into a directive to study recycling programs during the interim. No action was taken on the bill.
The Republic
New Jersey
Clifton HS cashes in on recycling
Students at a high school in New Jersey have installed a reverse vending machine in their cafeteria to encourage the passing of a refund law in their state. [video]
Long Island News 12
