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bottlebill resource guide
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Past Years' Media

2007 Media Coverage

  Does Drinking Soda Contribute to Global Warming?   Dec 29   HealthNewsDigest.com
  New Year brings bottled water tax: Retailers fear it will push customers out to suburbs   Dec 24   Chicago Tribune
  'Bioplastic' may become third option to paper or plastic: Biodegradable plastics have gotten cheaper and more reliable, but some still object to their ecological 'footprint.'   Dec 19   Christian Science Monitor
  Tide Turning Against Flood Of Empties   Dec 19   Tampa Tribune
  Time to bag plastic?   Nov 29   North Jersey.com
  Man cannot live on water alone….he needs a bottle too   Nov 29   The Walton Sun
  Lifting of can ban panned   Nov 27   CBC.ca
  Recycling law laudable, but more action is needed   Nov 20   Asheville Citizen-Times
  Bioplastics makers work to grow their niche   Nov 19   The Lansing State Journal
  84 Ways You Can Help the Planet   Nov 18   The Boston Globe
  New National Bottle Bill Would Cut Heat-Trapping Emissions, Energy Needs   Nov 15   U.S. House Select Committee
  More Than Half of Americans Support Mandatory Recycling to Help Reduce Global Warming: New National Poll Shows Positive Public Response, but Recycling Numbers Still Gloomy (Press Release)   Nov 14   Enviromedia
  Tap water is the clear choice   Nov 7   York News-Times
  Kids: Get paid to collect drink pouches for recycling: Company turns them into totes   Nov 4   Arizona Daily Star
  Bottled water’s environmental backlash   Nov 3   Philadelphia Inquirer
  For the Record: News and Notices from Local Elected Officials   Nov 1   The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  Water Bottles Everywhere: Calculating the environmental costs of bottled water.   Nov   Upstate House
  Tennessee woman bicycles in support of recycling bill   Oct 31   Herald Courier (Tennessee)
  Bioplastics makers seek market   Oct 28   Arkansas Democrat Gazette
  Which is better, Nalgene or Dasani?   Oct 24   The Daily Tar Heel
  Convenience with consequences (Opinion)   Oct 23   The Minnesota Daily
  Plant-Based Plastics Carve Market Niche   Oct 21   Associated Press
  Store owners brace for more bottle woes   Oct 21   The Oakland Press
  Cities, groups pledge to "think outside the bottle": Cities, celebrities, students, religious communities and environmental and corporate accountability organizations urge support for public water systems   Oct 11   Yubanet.com
  Recycling company looks toward Vermont   Oct 8   Bennington Banner (Vermont)
  Uncapped resources: Ann Arbor leads campaign away from bottled water   Oct 8   Detroit Free Press
  Finding right water bottle for your lifestyle   Sep 26   Mercury News (California)
  30 small suggestions to help save the planet   Sep 23   The Dallas Morning News
  Trouble With Recycling Points to Larger Problem (Opinion)   Sep 18   The Ledger (Florida)
  Call for cap on bottled water use   Sep 16   Financial Times
  Facts filter out fiction about bottled water: Public concerns involve health and environment   Sep 11   Ohio.com
  All about plastic   Sep 12   CNN
  Planned Coca-Cola plant concerns recyclers   Sep 11   Plastics & Rubber Weekly
  Initiatives hope to reduce swell of plastic trash   Sep 9   The Arizona Republic
  PetroProzac, Dasani-style   Sep 5   EnergyBulletin
  Global warming talks   Sep 1   The Commercial Dispatch (Mississippi)
  Keeping America Cluttered: The Big Fight Over Bottled Water Litter   Sep/ Oct   E Magazine
  San Fran’s Bottled Water Ban   Sep/ Oct   E Magazine
  Message in the Drink Bottle: Recycle: Branded-Water Craze Adds to Piles of Plastic, Spurring Innovation at Coke, Pepsi   Aug 30   The Wall Street Journal
  City taps into savings, sustainability by ditching bottled water   Aug 24   The Columbian (Washington)
  Bottled water backlash: Locals react to movement toward tap   Aug 24   The Daily Advertiser (Louisiana)
  Bottled vs. tap water debate filters down to the schools: Many love the bottle, others see glass half-full   Aug 23   The Acorn (California)
  RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: Is bottled water really better? (Opinion)   Aug 23   The Daily Pilot (California)
  Solve drinking water woes, help the environment recover (Opinion)   Aug 20   The UTD Mercury
  Drink water, but don't be a drip: Buying H2O by the bottle is costly, unnecessary, harms environment (Opinion)   Aug 20   The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  Reusable models replacing single-use water bottles   Aug 12   Colorado Springs Gazette
  Paying with plastic: Politicians, environmentalists say bottled water waste is unnecessary   Aug 11   Redeye (of the Chicago Tribune)
  Recycling efforts falter in U.S.   Aug 10   The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  Recycled water bottles save money, landfill space (Opinion)   Aug 7   North County Times (California)
  PET Peeve: Plastic Not Recycled: Majority of material used each year is new   Jul 31   The Herald (Monterey County)
  A purely wasteful product? Tide turning against bottled water as environmental concerns mount   Jul 27   The Columbus Dispatch
  The Safety of PET Bottles   Jul 26   US News & World Report
  Green living: Campaigns against plastic water bottles   Jul 26   The Kansas City Star
  Tapped out (Opinion)   Jul 25   The Boston Globe
  Lawmakers counting unclaimed nickels: Money could go to curbside recycling, Oberle says   Jul 23   Wilmington News Journal
  Time to turn on the tap (Editorial)   Jul 20   The Toledo Blade
  Refill 'er up! Ditch the eco-unfriendly bottled water,
and tap into a cool reusable container. Here are a few we found.
  Jul 19   Star-Telegram
  Watermill Express provides eco-friendly alternative amidst growing national concerns over individual disposable water bottle waste (Press Release) [PDF, 64Kb]   Jul 16   Watermill Express
  There's a message in these plastic bottles   Jul 17   Daily Press
  Local residents push for bottle bill   Jul 16   The Cabinet
  Bottled water has benefits, but there is also a downside   Jul 15   Pensacola News Journal
  Know Your Drinking Water: Bottled vs. Brita   Jul 15   The Washington Post
  Bonita councilman pushing for bottle bill   Jul 13   Naples Daily News
  City Tap Water: Picking the Clear Favorite   Jul 11   The Washington Post
  Poland Spring eyeing debate   Jul 10   The Sun Journal
  Thorns & Flowers: A roundup of actions good and bad   Jul 10   Arizona Daily Star
  A greener way to hydrate   Jul 7   The Arizona Republic
  Bottled H2O costing more   Jul 3   Index Journal
  Goodbye, Bottled Water? San Francisco mayor calls for change   Jul 2   Scholastic
  Environment: A Good Drink at the Sink   Jul 2   Newsweek Periscope
  This problem is spilling over (Editorial)   Jun 29   Times Union
  Bottled Water or Eau de Tap? San Francisco again on the cutting edge of the environmental movement   Jun 28   The Epoch Times
  San Francisco Mayor Bans Bottled Water at City Agencies   Jun 26   Environment News Service
  WASHINGTON CALLING: Cushy Marine Gigs ... Happy CEOS ... In Praise of War Dogs   Jun 22   Scripps Howard News Service
  Jennifer Aniston Upsets Environmentalists By promoting bottled water...   Jun 19   EntertainmentWise
  Citizens fight Nestlé over town water   Jun 15   Rabble News
  Aniston taps environmental nerve   Jun 14   Radar
  Push to add deposit to more beverage containers   Jun 11   Newsday (New York)
  The Unintended Consequences Of Hyperhydration (Letter to the Editor)   Jun 10   The New York Times Magazine
  How you can lead a greener life   Jun 9   The State (South Carolina)
  Seven ways you can lead a greener life   Jun 9   Post-Bulletin
  The Bottle Bill: Keeping a lid on pollution since 1971   Jun 8   The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
  Bottle bills didn't anticipate this   Jun 4   Charleston Daily Mail
  Would a 'bottle bill' work in Nevada?   Jun 2   Lahontan Valley News
  Water, Water Everywhere [PDF,568kb]   June   Resource Recycling
  The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration   May 27   New York Times Magazine
  Bottle return law should change (Editorial)   May 25   Niagara Gazette
  How you can lead a greener life   May 24   The News-Sentinel (Ft. Wayne)
  Land full of bottles   May 24   The Washington Times
  Reforming of Bottle Bill Faces Hurdles   May 23   Westport News
  Donald C. Gasper: State needs bottle bill to curb litter problem (Opinion)   May 19   The Herald-Dispatch
  An Expanded Bottle Law (Editorial)   May 2   Hartford Courant
  There's money in those plastic bottles: Environmentalists want Connecticut to expand its bottle bill to include 5-cent refunds for plastic noncarbonated drink bottles   May 1   The News-Times (Connecticut)
  Bottled Water Boycott Highlights Waste, Resource Depletion   Apr 26   Syracuse NewStandard
  CRI Bids Farewell to Founder Pat Franklin, Welcomes New Executive Director (Press Release)   Apr 23   Container Recycling Institute
  The recycling riddle: Recycling makes sense in so many ways - and progress has been made – but still the rates lag.   Apr 20   The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Water, water - and wasted plastic bottles - everywhere   Apr 19   Chicago Sun-Times
  It's easy to be green: 15 things you can do to help save the planet   Apr 19   Redeye (of the Chicago Tribune)
  Nalgene® Launches Refill Not Landfill: Campaign helps thwart America’s dependence on bottled water and its impact on our planet (Press Release)   Apr 17   Nalgene
  Bottle bill expansion may head to Senate despite recyclers   Apr 12   The News-Times (Connecticut)
  Starbucks' 2-faced environmentalism   Apr 1   New York Post
  Time to beef up bottle law? Many push for deposit on water, sports drinks   Mar 28   The Detroit News
  Bottle bill brings praise and frustration   Mar 20   Connecticut Public Radio
  The cool way to recycle   Mar 15   Montecito Journal
  Debate rages over bottle bill   Mar 5   New Haven Register
  Environmentalists showing support for new bottle bill   Mar 5   Legislative Gazette (New York)
  Expanded bottle recycling bill likely in Oregon   Mar 1   Plastics News
  Some find bottle-deposit plan hard to swallow   Mar 1   New Haven Register
  Cost of Beverages Soars – So does Beverage Container Waste: American consumers pay more for beverages, get less for their money (Press Release)   Feb 27   Container Recycling Institute
  A stiff drink: Virginality, minerality or gullibility?
Why we spend $400 million a year on bottled water.
  Feb 20   Sydney Morning Herald
  Yet another way Tufts is better than Harvard   Feb 20   The Tufts Daily
  Spitzer: No fizz shouldn't mean no deposit   Feb 19   The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY)
  The real cost of bottled water (opinion)   Feb 18   San Francisco Chronicle
  Plastic bottle recycling rate increases   Feb 9   Plastics News
  Bill aims to keep bottle program alive: Iowa lawmakers will consider increasing the fee that distributors must pay redemption centers.   Feb 6   Des Moines Register
  Bruno shows resistance to bottle bill expansion   Feb 1   Syracuse Post-Standard
  No Deposit, No Return   Jan 25   Artvoice (NY)
  Rethinking Rubbish   Jan 24   6Degrees
  State Senate needs to act on 'Bigger Better Bottle Bill' (Opinion)   Jan 23   The Ithaca Journal
  Bottled water equals bottleneck (Editorial)   Jan 22   Waste News
  Water to go grows and grows   Jan 22   Waste News
  Refund rates rise to help increase recycling efforts   Jan 21   Ventura County Star (California)
  Bottle bill proposed to curb littering: But the beverage industry opposes nickel deposits   Jan 19   Gazette.net (Maryland)
  Bottle deposits, PR campaigns and old-fashioned work can put a dent in the litter problem (Editorial)   Jan 10   Asheville Citizen-Times
  Recycle, expand bottle bill (Editorial)   Jan 8   Hartford Courant
  No wine deposit, no return: Recycling bottles. SAQ resists pleas to allow new system   Jan 2   The Gazette (Montreal)

 

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