Bottle Bills in the News 2006

• Fresh bottle bill already creating stir at Capitol (West Virginia)
  The Register-Herald. December 17, 2006
• Oregon's bottle bill next up for recycling (Oregon)
  The Oregonian. December 10, 2006
• It is easy being green (Maine)
  KeepMeCurrent.com. November 29, 2006
• Whose Priorities? Making real progress towards improving beverage container recovery efforts starts with expanding bottle bills. [PDF,191kb]
  (Op-ed) Resource Recycling. November, 2006
• Thousands ink petition for new bottle bill (New York)
  (Press Release) OCRRA. September 12, 2006
• Ontario to start deposit-return system for all liquor, wine containers next Feb.  (Ontario)
  Canadian Press. September 10, 2006
• Efforts afoot to expand the 'bottle bill' (New York)
  The Journal News. Sept. 8, 2006
• Improve state bottle returns (New York)
  Poughkeepsie Journal. Sept 2, 2006.
• Summer fades, but the trash remains (New York)
  (Press release)] American Littoral Society, CRI, NYPIRG.  Aug 30, 2006
• It's time to see some action in Albany (New York)
  (Editorial) Empirepage.com.  June 27, 2006
• Proponents won't give up on bottle bill; Bruno won't budge (New York)
  Legislative Gazette. June 12, 2006
• Good for kids, bad for the environment (Massachusetts)
  (Letter)Berkshire Eagle.  May 7, 2006
• Assembly passes 'bigger better bottle bill' (New York)
  MidHudsonNews.com.  May 11, 2006
• Assembly passes Bigger Better Bottle Bill by two-to-one margin (New York)
  (Press Release) CRI et al, May 10, 2006
• Fix the Bottle Bill (New York)
  (Editorial)Staten Island Advance, May 9, 2006
• For a trash-free Potomac, we must recycle (Washington, DC)
  (Letter) Washington Post. April 29, 2006
• Redemption centers, state battle over can refund (Iowa)
  Des Moines Register.  April 27, 2006
• Adding to Success: The 'Bigger Better Bottle Bill' expands the incentive to keep New York clean (New York)
  Post-Standard, 4/23, 2006
• Litter Still Piles Up : OCRRA urges state to expand bottle bill (New York)
  Syracuse Post-Standard. April 13, 2006
• Dumping on an ex-Mainer's bottle bill (Maine/Tennessee)
  Portland Press-Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.  March 29, 2006
• Legislature opts for more trash, more litter (Massachusetts)
  (Press Release) Massachusetts Sierra Club.  March 1, 2006
• Time for a bottle bill
  The Jersey Sierran. April-June, 2006
• 'Yes' to bottle deposit bill
  [Editorial] Memphis Commercial Appeal. March 25, 2006
• One Man's Trash
  Charleston Gazette. February 17, 2006
• Bottle bill gains support, but still has a way to go
  Charleston Daily Mail. February 2, 2006.
• Groups frothing over unclaimed bottle deposits (British Columbia)
  British Columbia: Globe and Mail.  January 13, 2006