Publications
by the Container Recycling Institute
19 pages
4th edition, updated August 2006
The 10¢ Incentive to Recycle
The 10¢ Incentive to Recycle is intended to set the record straight on bottle bills and waste management by rebutting many of the arguments made by the anti-bottle bill beverage industry lobby. This nineteen page document will educate grassroots activists, policymakers and legislators regarding environmental and economic impacts of incentive-based recycling.
by Jennifer Gitlitz of the Container Recycling Institute
53 pages
June 2002
Trashed Cans: The Global Environmental Impacts of Aluminum Can Wasting in America
This report from CRI documents the sharp rise in aluminum can wasting over the last thirty years and draws a detailed picture of the environmental impacts of extracting energy and resources to replace wasted cans. The report presents reasons for the recent decline in aluminum can recycling rates, and suggests bottle bills as one solution to reverse the wasting trend.
by The Container Recycling Institute
Using most current data available
Beverage Market Data Analysis
The Beverage Market Data Analysis is a comprehensive analysis on the beverage market, beverage container recycling trends, environmental information, and the effects of hypothetical deposit laws. In the form of several Excel spreadsheets, the BMDA places valuable beverage-related data at your fingertips, and it is the only publication that's fully customizable for you. BMDA's can be specially ordered for each of the 50 United States or the entire country, and seven regions.
by the Container Recycling Institute
8 pages
Summer 2008
Container and Packaging Recycling Update
CRI's newsletter contains current information on states, provinces and countries considering new or expanded bottle bills, as well as other current information on container and package recycling. The most recent issue from Summer 2008 contains the following:
Congressman Markey's bottle bill and climate protection legislation...
The results of a global summit on bottle bills...
Updates on a whopping 18 bottle bill campaigns...
CRI's beverage market research...
...and more!
by Gareth Clubb of Keep Wales Tidy
25 pages
2006
Can and Bottle Litter position paper
This comprehensive document makes a detailed case for bottle bills as the most effective and economical solution for the problem of beverage container litter. While written to address litter in Wales, the document uses examples from different locales to address numerous issues: The proportion of litter comprised of beverage containers, the environmental and social benefits of a deposit law, the effectiveness of a financial incentive, and the overall economic logic of a deposit-based recycling system. This paper is a must-read for anyone looking for a cohesive argument on the benefits of bottle bills.
