Water, Water Everywhere: The Growth of Non-carbonated Beverages in the United States
 Sales of bottled water in the U.S. are going up, up and up. In the three years between 2002 and 2005, sales doubled from from 15 billion units sold, to 29.8 billion. This is almost seven times the 3.8 billion units sold in 1997. At the same time, traditional fizzy drinks are losing market share. What does this all mean? More PET bottles produced, more wasted, and a smaller percentage recycled.
Waste and Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling Scorecard and Report
As You Sow, CRI, 2006
 Major U.S. beverage companies received failing grades in a study of the recycling performance of their containers. Waste and Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling Scorecard and Report, a report card on the beverage industry’s recycling efforts released by corporate social responsibility group As You Sow and the Container Recycling Institute, gave PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Co. the highest grades; both earned a C. All other companies scored D- or F with Cadbury Schweppes, Cott and National Beverage performing worst.
Economic & Environmental Benefits of a Deposit System for Beverage Containers in the State of Washington
Dr. Jeffrey Morris, Bill Smith, and Rick Hlavka, 2005
Prepared for the City of Tacoma Solid Waste Management, this report discusses the costs and benefits of implementing a beverage container deposit system. Useful for anyone who wants an overview of bottle bills, not just for Washingtonians.
The New York Bottle Bill Survey of February 2004
Public Policy Associates, 2004
A telephone survey of 800 randomly sampled registered voters in New York State was conducted to gauge public response to reforms proposed in the "Bigger, Better Bottle Bill." The poll found that 84% of New York voters support the current bottle-deposit law, 70% support expanding the law to include non-carbonated beverages, and 86% support the state taking back the unclaimed deposits from the beverage industry to fund environmental programs.
Understanding Beverage Container Recovery: A Value Chain Assessment Prepared for the Multi-Stakeholder Recovery Project (MSRP)
Businesses & Environmentalists Allied for Recycling, 2002
Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling (BEAR) is a unique alliance of businesses, recyclers, environmentalists and other stakeholders working to maximize the recycling of beverage containers. The report is an objective analysis of the state of U.S. beverage container recycling, and of the costs and success rates of various recycling systems.
Oregon’s Bottle Bill at 30: How is it Doing?
Jenny Gitlitz, 2001
While specific to a single state, this discussion of the Oregon bottle bill's successes and areas of improvement can be a useful tool for any state or municipality wanting to evaluate their existing deposit law or to consider passing a new one.
Extended Producer Responsibility - a Primer
Pat Franklin, 1997
Extended Producer Responsibility is the concept that the primary responsibility for waste generated during a product's manufacturing (including extraction of raw materials) and after the product is discarded, is that of the producer of the product. This primer goes on to explain the ultimate goals of EPR and the different forms of EPR policies, and discusses the reasons that manufacturers are reluctant to adopt these policies.
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