Container Recycling Institute


The Container Recycling Institute

		Environmental Groups Urge Delaware Officials to “Mend, Not End” Delaware’s Container Deposit Law
		In January, Delaware governor Jack Markell announced a proposal to improve curbside recycling in his state. Unfortunately for the bottle bill, Markell's plan entailed replacing Delaware's existing refundable beverage container deposit with a nonrefundable fee. CRI and numerous other environmental groups oppose the plan, as it will do away with a successful recycling system and ultimately put a burden on taxpayers and consumers. View the press release.


		Recent...				Useful Tools
		New CRI report analyzes the effects of single-stream recycling Using data from industry reports and interviews with recyclers, CRI has produced "Understanding economic and environmental impacts of single-stream collection systems," [PDF,1.4Mb] a report that highlights the economic and environmental impacts of switching to a single-stream system. CRI director featured on California radio Public radio station KQED recently aired an hour-long program on California's financially challenged beverage container deposit system, with CRI's executive director offering insights throughout the program. Report analyzes merits of several container recovery options The report, Evaluating End-of-Life Beverage Container Management Systems for California, [pdf,6.3MB] analyzes several successful beverage container recycling laws to determine what makes them so successful.				Recycling Statistics This site features an abundance of new and updated graphs on recycling, wasting, sales, and consumption of all sorts of packaged beverages. Click on "Facts and Statistics" to get started! Beverage Market Data Analysis Categorized by beverage type *and* package type, and loaded with economic and environmental extras, this user-friendly data set can help you quickly discover statistical facts about the beverage market and recycling in the region of your choice. Bottle Bill Resource Guide Container deposit laws are proven to be one of the most effective incentives for recycling. Learn more on our sister site, www.bottlebill.org. Bottle Bill Toolkit Want to advocate for a bottle bill yourself? Get the facts and the tips you need to get started at toolkit.bottlebill.org.


		The Container Recycling Institute has a wealth of information on the recycling of plastic, glass, and aluminum containers. We are a non-profit organization that studies and promotes policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers, and shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging waste from government and taxpayers to producers and consumers. For information about beverage container deposit laws, please visit www.bottlebill.org.