Bottle Bills in the News
Delaware
- Advisory panel has a lot to pick up in universal curbside plan: Council must approve reporting requirements, grant and loan rules
DoverPost.com. August 24, 2010 - Measure to expand recycling to more haulers: Lawmakers divided over 4-cent fee
Cape Gazette. June 14, 2010 - Delaware scuttles bottle bill, enacts "universal recycling"
Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter. June 10, 2010 - Delaware Gov. signs recycling bill
WHYY News and Information. June 8, 2010 - Universal Breakfast Fund to be established under House Bill 401
News Radio WGMD. May 26, 2010 - Newsmaker Q&A: N.C. Vasuki, former CEO of the Delaware Solid Waste Authority
Dover Post. May 18, 2010 - Delaware replaces bottle deposits with controversial recycling fee
Plastics News. May 17, 2010 - Delaware House OKs
curbside recycling: Bill headed to Markell; pickups to start
in 2011
The News Journal. May 12, 2010 - DE Recycling - Latest News
WMDT 47. May 12, 2010 - Recycling bill passes DE House
WHYY News and Information. May 11, 2010 - The "Green Police" in Delaware? Senate Bill 234 may lead there.
(Opinion) Examiner.com. May 10, 2010 - Call 4-cent bottle fee a tax, but it's still worth passing
(Editorial) Delaware Online. May 8, 2010 - Recycling bill clears Delaware House committee: New bottle fee would subsidize curb pickups
The News Journal. May 6, 2010 - Recycling bill will impose sales tax for the first time
(Letter to the Editor) Delaware Online. May 4, 2010 - Curbside recycling bill OK'd by Delaware Senate: Measure would mean end of bottle deposit law
The News Journal. April 30, 2010 - Bottle Bill may be in the trash
WDEL 1150. April 22, 2010 - Statewide recycling proposed in Delaware Senate: Ending 5-cent deposit on bottles part of plan
Delaware Online. April 2, 2010 - Bill that would bring curbside recycling to homeowners, businesses introduced
Newark Post. April 2, 2010 - Delaware's statewide
curbside recycling
proposal fine-tuned
Delaware Online. March 25, 2010 - Groups urge Markell not to abandon 'bottle bill'
Sussex Countian. March 9, 2010 - Enviros urge fixing, not nixing Delaware deposit law
Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter. February 11, 2010 - Del. lawmakers, gov at odds over bottle deposits
Business Week. February 4, 2010 - DE bottle refund law: Mend it, don’t end it, say advocates
PlanetSave. February 9, 2010 - Bill pending in the House would funnel bottle deposits to food banks
Sussex Countian. February 4, 2010 - Environmental Groups Urge Delaware Officials to “Mend, Not End” Delaware’s Container Deposit Law (Delaware)
(Press Release) Container Recycling Institute. February 2, 2010 - Statewide curbside?
Waste & Recycling News. January 18, 2010 - Governor proposes statewide curbside recycling subsidized with bottle deposits & dump fee reductions
Sussex Countian. January 6, 2010 - Markell proposes simple way to achieve curbside recycling
(Editorial) Delaware Online. January 6, 2010 - Markell proposal speeds up recycling: Haulers would offer curbside service
Delaware Online. January 6, 2010 - Delaware Governor Proposes Statewide Curbside Recycling
Recycling today. January 5, 2010 - Markell needs to focus on the business community
(Opinion) Delaware Online. August 1, 2009 - Reader Response: Delaware Gov. Keeps Container Deposit Law Afloat
Earth 911. July 28, 2009 - Backers of bottle ban express unhappiness with veto
Newark Post. July 21, 2009. - Markell's veto of unused bottle bill was the correct approach
(Editorial) Delaware Online. July 21, 2009 - Delaware gov rejects repeal of bottle deposit law
Associated Press. July 20, 2009 - Markell Announces Veto of House Bill 201: Governor directs DNREC, DEDO to work with legislators, environmentalists and the private sector to increase recycling while addressing businesses’ concerns with state’s ‘Bottle Bill’
(Press Release) State of Delaware. July 20, 2009 - Don't do away with Bottle Bill, fix it to recycle all containers
(Editorial) Delaware Online. July 16, 2009 - Bottle Bill fate still hanging in balance: Nickel deposits meant to discourage littering
Delaware Online. July 15, 2009 - Legislative wrap: 'Bottle bill' repealed; no more 5-cent deposits
Sussox Countian. July 2, 2009 - House, Senate vote to repeal 'bottle bill'
Delaware Online. June 30, 2009 - Bottle-bill failure indicative of a state too lazy to succeed
(Letter to the Editor) Delaware Online. June 25, 2009 - Changing 'bottle bill' law is counterproductive
(Opinion) Delaware Online. June 20, 2009 - Unclaimed deposits should belong to Del.
(Opinion) The News Journal. April 26, 2009 - Lawmakers counting unclaimed nickels: Money could go to curbside recycling, Oberle says
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