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Past years' media

2002

Press Releases

• 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)

News articles

• "Tests said to show bottle ills" Des Moines Register. January 22, 2002
• “ Grocers Gather Support to Scrap Iowa Bottle Bill .” Des Moines Register , January 18, 2002
• “ Most Iowans Favor Current or Expanded Bottle Law .” Des Moines Register , January 17, 2002

Opinion

• Editorial: Needed Next:  The Minutiae  (Word, 71KB) Waste News, October 14, 2002
  ( Addresses Alcoa's challenge to aluminum industry to become environmentally sustainable)