CRI Press Releases
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
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)