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Container and Packaging Recycling Update - Volume XV No. 1 - Spring 2007


Spring 2007
Volume XV No. 1

Table of Contents

CRI's 2007 Beverage Market Data Analysis now available 1
Beverage market share for non-carbs doubles in just eight years 2
CRI in Transition 3

State Updates

 
New York: 600 groups and businesses seek Bigger Better Bottle Bill 4
Oregon: Oldest U.S. bottle bill may get needed update 4
Connecticut: Two joint committees vote overwhelmingly to send pdated bottle bill to full senate for a vote

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Iowa: Redemption centers seek higher handling fee 5
North Carolina: Bill would require 10¢ deposit on all beverage containers 5
West Virginia: Adopt-A-Highway volunteers tired of picking up litter, say “no” to annual spring cleanup 6
Tennessee: Consensus approach being considered 6
Maryland: Bottle bill sought to reduce growing litter problem 7
Arkansas: Farm Bureau, County Judges support Rep. Roebuck’s bottle bill 7
Increase in container waste overshadows modest gains in recycling 8
“National Bottle Bill would increase recycling” say recycling stakeholders interviewed by GAO 9
20/20 Vision: Setting our Sights on Zero Beverage Container Waste by 2020 10
Rio Grande Valley students know their three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 11
CRI’s Web sites getting more than 45,000 unique visits a month 12
Ontario: Deposits required on beer, wine and spirit containers 13
PET Plastic Bottle Recycling and Wasting 14

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