CRI Press Releases

2013

• Container Recycling Institute Releases Special 2013 Vermont Bottle Bill Report (February 2013)

2012

• CRI Announces the Passing of Founder Pat Franklin (October 2012)

• CRI Announces New Membership Structure and Webinar Schedule (August 2012)

2011

• Increased Recycling of Beverage Containers Creates Jobs:CRI Releases New Report, “Returning to Work: Understanding the Domestic Jobs Impacts from Different Methods of Recycling Beverage Containers” (December 2011)

• Reporting, for Real. Appeared in "Recycling: The Next 10 Years, Part 2," Resource Recycling. May 2011.

2010

• On First Anniversary of NY's Bottle Law Expansion, Early Returns Show Strong Signs of Success (October 29, 2010) 
• Environmental Groups Urge Delaware Officials to “Mend, Not End” Delaware’s Container Deposit Law (February 2, 2010)

2009

• CRI Explores System-Wide Costs and Results of Various Recycling Methods: Releases New Report, “Understanding Economic and Environmental Impacts of Single-Stream Collection Systems” (December 8, 2009)
• Susan Collins to Lead CRI: New Executive Director Brings Deep Experience in Recycling Systems (July 28, 2009)

2008

• Container Recycling Institute Releases its Beverage Market Data Analysis: 215 Billion Plastic, Glass and Aluminum Beverage Bottles and Cans Sold in the U.S. 2006; 66% Were not Recycled (December 29, 2008)

2007

• CRI Bids Farewell to Founder Pat Franklin, Welcomes New Executive Director (April 23, 2007)
• Cost of Beverages Soars – So does Beverage Container Waste: American consumers pay more for beverages, get less for their money (February 27, 2007)

2006

• Plastic bottle recycling fails to keep up with increasing sales: Wasting up by 136 thousand tons (December 8, 2006)
• Major Beverage Companies Lack Fizz in Recycling, Report Finds (October, 2006)

2005

• Bigger, Better, Bottle Bill Sweeps Through Assembly with Broad Bipartisan Support (June 21, 2005)
• Stemming the Tide of Trashed Aluminum Cans: Industry Efforts Fall Flat (May 23, 2005)

2004

• Americans break record for beverage containers wasted: 129 billion bottles and cans trashed in 2004 (December 30, 2004)
• One Trillion Aluminum Beverage Cans Trashed in America from 1972-2003 (May 24, 2005)
• New Poll Shows Strong Support for NY's Bottle Bill and Proposed Reforms. (February 12, 2004)

2003

• Eight states celebrate BIG returns on small deposits (December 18, 2003)
• Environmental, Recycling Leaders Support Senator Jeffords’ Legislation to Double Bottle and Can Recycling (November 14, 2003)
• Report shows plastic bottle waste tripled since 1995: Group calls on Coke and Pepsi to stop attacking bottle bills (September 15, 2003)

• State Senator Nuciforo Leads Drive to Update the Bottle Bill: Measure Would Generate $5.7 Million in New Revenues to the Commonwealth  [Word, 35 KB] (May 28, 2003)
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Drops for Fifth Year in a Row [Word, 61 KB] (April 16, 2003)

2002

• Institute calls on Alcoa to clarify recycling goals and endorse container deposits (October 4, 2002)
• Americans Trashed 50 Billion Aluminum Beverage Cans in 2001: Report Details Serious Global Environmental Consequences (July 9, 2002)
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Drops Below 50 Percent (April 29, 2002)
• Senator Jeffords Introduces National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act (April 22, 2002)
• Coke and Pepsi Responsible for "Trashing America," Hurting Taxpayers and Environment (April 16, 2002)
• Environmentalists Hail New Findings on Beverage Container Recycling [PDF, ~43Kb] (January 16, 2002)
• CRI's Statement on BEAR's Beverage Container Recycling Report [PDF, ~17Kb] (January 16, 2002)

2001

• Coca-Cola Faces Recycling Challenge (April 2001)
• Coca-Cola Shareholder Vote on Recycling 'Better Than Expected' (April 2001)
• Coke and Pepsi Waste Targeted by Environmental Groups: Shareholder Campaign Launched to Increase Recycling (March 2001)
• Coke Shareholders and Environmental Groups Urge Support for Recycling in Wall Street Journal Advertisement (March 2001)

2000

• Congress Failed To Recycle 63 Million Cans And Bottles Since 1995, Valued At Nearly $1 Million (October 2000)
• Plastic Soda Bottle Waste Doubles In Four-Year Period (April 2000)
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Dispute Continues (May 2000)
• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Hits Ten Year Low (April 2000)
• Recycling Group Reacts To Miller's Announcement Of National Rollout Of Plastic Beer Bottle (March 2000)

1999

• California Recycling Bills Would Benefit Economy and Environment (June 1999)
• Kentucky Would Benefit From Bottle Bill, Both Economically and Environmentally (June 1999)
• Last Year More Than 45 Billion Aluminum Cans Did Not Get Recycled (April 1999)

1998

• Plastic 20-ounce Coke Bottle Creates Huge Profits for Coca-Cola and Huge Costs for America's Cities (November 1998)
• Soda Companies use 4.9 Billion Imported Scrap Aluminum Cans to Inflate Soft Drink Container Recycling Rate (November 1998)

1997

• Group says "NO" to Coke's New 'Contour Can' Claiming it Costs More Money and Creates More Waste (September 1997)
• Beverage Containers Maintain Position as Second Most Littered Item on America's Beaches (July 1997)
• Research Group Bursts Soft Drink Industry's Bubble Soft Drink Container Recycling Rate Drops Again (July 1997)
• $600 Million Worth of Used Aluminum Beverage Cans Landfilles in 1996 (April 1996)
• Deposits on Bottles and Cans Could Recycle More Tons Than Discontinued Curbside Program and Save Tax Dollars (March 1997)

1996

• Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Hits Lowest Point in Six Years (March 1996)
• Container Recycling Institute Issues Beverage Industry Watch (March 1996)