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2008

• Water Proof
  New York Times Magazine. June 1, 2008
• Bottle bill bonanza
  Plastics Recycling Update. March 4, 2008
• A ‘Bottle Bill’ for the Climate
  (Opinion) - DotEarth Blog. January 4, 2007

2007

• Battle over Method Thwarts Bottle Recycling
  July 23, 2007. NPR Morning Edition
• The Unintended Consequences Of Hyperhydration
  (Letters to the Editor) - June 8, 2007. The New York Times Magazine
• Bottle bills didn't anticipate this
  Charleston Daily Mail. June 4, 2007
• The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration
  New York Times Magazine. May 27, 2007

2005

• Whose Priorities? Making real progress towards improving beverage container recovery efforts starts with expanding bottle bills. [PDF,191kb]
  (Op-ed) Resource Recycling. November, 2006
• Drink and Deposit
  Waste Management World. Sept. 30, 2005
• PET bottle recycling rate, volume rise
  Plastics News. Sept. 30, 2005
• Ambiguous numbers shroud the aluminum can recycling rate
  American Recycler, August 2005
• Litter things cost a lot [PDF, 298 Kb]
  Resource Recycling. July 1, 2005
• Experts lament state of container recycling
  Plastics News, 5/16/05 [Word doc., 38 Kb]
• Bill to add 5-cent deposit to cans, bottles faces long odds
  Chicago Sun-Times, 4/25/05 [Word doc., 29 Kb]
• Beverage Container Waste Sets Record As Some Recycling Rates Fall, Institute Says
  BNA Environment Reporter, 1/6/05 [Word doc., 29 Kb]
• Low prices and quality impact glass recyclers
  American Recycler, 1/05 [Word doc., 71.5 Kb]
   

2004

• The great Danes: Americans could learn a lot about recycling from the descendants of the Vikings.
  Earth Island Journal, Spring 2004
• Trendy source of waste
  Christian Science Monitor, 10/27/04 (Word doc., 34 Kb)  
• PET Recycling at Risk without Deposit Laws
  [ Letter] - Plastics News, October 18, 2004
• Are bottle bills still relevant?
  Resource Recycling, 9/04 (PDF, 1594 Kb)
• Can recycling script is getting old
  [Opinion] - Waste News, June 7, 2004 [PDF, 97 Kb]
• Aluminum Beverage Can Waste Passes the "One Trillion" Mark
  [CRI Press Release] - May 24, 2004
• Growing Pains: Recycling is Maturing, and Facing New Challenges
  E Magazine, 3-4/04 (Word doc., 67 Kb)
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Drops Despite Increased Curbside Collections
  BNA Environment Reporter, 6/4/04 (PDF, 120 Kb)
• Water Bottles Forever
  Associated Press > Inland SoCal Press-Enterprise, 3/7/04 (Word doc., 24 Kb)
• Is packaging waste off the radar?
  Food Engineering, 3/1/04 (PDF, 742 Kb)
• Bottle Bills have Record of Success
  [letter] - Plastics News, February 10, 2004
   

                                                                                                                                                               

2003

• Eight states celebrate BIG returns on small deposits
  [CRI Press Release] - December 18, 2003
• Environmental, Recycling Leaders Support Senator Jeffords’ Legislation to Double Bottle and Can Recycling
  [CRI Press Release] - November 14, 2003
• PET bottle recycling rate drops below 20%
  Plastics News, 9/11/03 (Word doc., 38 Kb)
• State trying to stem tide of plastic water bottles
  [Letter] - San Francisco Chronicle, June 11, 2003 (Word doc)

• MA State Senator Nuciforo Leads Drive to Update the Bottle Bill:

  Measure Would Generate $5.7 Million in New Revenues to the Commonwealth
  [CRI Press Release] - May 28, 2003

• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Drops for Fifth Year in a Row (Word, 61 KB)
  [CRI Press Release] - April 16, 2003
• Money in the bank
  Recycling Today, 4/14/03 (Word doc., 49 Kb)
• Raw data: significa, insignifica, stats and facts
  Playboy(!), 4/1/03 (Word doc., 22 Kb)
   

2002

• Deposits ensure steady stream of scrap materials
  [Letter] - Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2002
• Bottle Opener: National Deposit Will Finally Get Chance in Congress
  [Editorial] - Detroit Free Press, June 24, 2002
• Team Canada scores on beverage container recovery [PDF, 90Kb, new window]
  by CLARISSA MORAWSKI
  Resource Recycling, April 2002

2001

• Grocers Petition Untrue
  [Letter] - Des Moines Register, December 10, 2001
• Hidden Costs of Decline in Can Recycling Rate
  [Editorial] - Waste News, June 11, 2001
• Coke Recycling Plan a Refreshing Idea
  [Editorial] - Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 19, 2001

2000

• Let's Slam Dunk This Bad Idea
  [Letter] - The Albuquerque Tribune, July 5, 2000
• Big Brother
  [Letter] - Waste News, May 8, 2000
• Bottle Bill Truths
  [Letter] - Plastics News, May 5, 2000
• Deposit Pros, Cons
  [Opinion] - Waste News, March 6, 2000
• Deposit Pros & Cons: Bottle bills stand the test of time
  [Opinion] - Waste News, March 6, 200
• Thirty tears later Keep America Beautiful is still Keeping America Blindfolded
  [CRI Opinion] - Spring 2000

1999

• Pet Peeve
  [Letter] - Waste News, November 8, 1999

1998

• Millions for defenses but not one damned nickel for deposit
  [Opinion] - Duck Soup, 1998
• Message in a Bottle
  [Editorial] - Waste News, November 16,1998
• Recycling at a Crossroads
  [Editorial] - Waste News, September 28,1998

1995

• In the public interest
  [Opinion] - Resource Reycling, March 1995

1993

• Public Choice, Public Interest, and the Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act: Time to Derail the "Root Beer Express"? [PDF, 204Kb]
  [Academic Paper] by ALLAN W. VESTAL
  William & Mary Law Review, WINTER, 1993
  34 Wm and Mary L. Rev. 337

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