Bottle Bills in the News
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 [PDF]
• PET bottle recycling rate drops below 20%
  Plastics News, 9/11/03 [Word doc., 38 Kb]
• MA State Senator Nuciforo Introduces Bill to Update Massachusetts Bottle Bill:
  [CRI Press Release] - June 13, 2003
• 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)
• State Environmental Secretary Puts Call Out for 'Action Items'
  Boston Business Journal, 3/24/03 [PDF]

• Groups Kick Off Campaign to Expand the Bottle Bill and Generate New Revenue for Recycling (New York)
  Feb 25, 2003 [PDF]
• Proposal to Modify 'Bottle Bill' Uncaps a Debate
  Albany Times Union, 3/11/03
  [Press Release] 2/25/03 [PDF]
• Foes rap wider bottle recycling in New York
  Democrat & Chronicle, 3/11/03
• A Bigger Bottle Bill
  [Editorial] - Boston Globe, March 11, 2003
• Bill tacks on 8 cents to bottled beverages
  Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 3/10/03 [PDF]
• A Nickel's Worth in Albany
  [Editorial] - New York Times, March 4, 2003
• Groups Kick Off Campaign to Expand the Bottle Bill and Generate New Revenue for Recycling
  [CRI Press Release] - February 25, 2003
• A Treasure Hunt: Follow the Nickels
  The Oregonian, 1/12/03