We strongly support S237 “An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to returnable bottles,” with some recommendations.

We are writing today in opposition to raised bill 1236, “An Act Concerning the Amounts of Unclaimed Beverage Container Deposits to be Paid for Deposit in the General Fund.”

We are writing today in opposition to raised bill 1236, “An Act Concerning the Amounts of Unclaimed Beverage Container Deposits to be Paid for Deposit in the General Fund.”

Following her testimony earlier this year at Vermont House of Representatives committee hearings in support of proposed legislation to expand the state’s bottle bill to cover more types of beverages, CRI President Susan Collins testifies in support of the bill at a hearing held by the Vermont Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.

CRI President Susan Collins testifies at a hearing of the Vermont House Committee on Environment and Energy in support of proposed legislation to expand the state’s bottle bill to cover more types of beverages.

CRI President Susan Collins testifies at a hearing of the Vermont House Committee on Environment and Energy in support of proposed legislation to expand the state’s bottle bill to cover more types of beverages.

We are writing in support of House Bill 1652, “An Act Relative to the Recycling of Beverage Containers.” This bill would establish a beverage container deposit law in New Hampshire, effective 1/1/23. 

The Container Recycling Institute supports CalRecycle’s proposal to extend the Processing Payment Emergency Regulations for one year. The Emergency Regulations employ a 10% RFR (reasonable financial return) to calculate the processing payments that will be made to certified recyclers for 2021, in order to offset the difference between their operating costs and the revenues they take in from scrap sales and handling fees.

This bill would add alcoholic beverages of up to 100ml to the MA beverage container deposit law. Effectively, this means spirits sold in miniatures, or nips: the tiny bottles that are ubiquitous as litter strewn across the Commonwealth’s roads and streets, beaches, parks, fields, and other places.

As you may know, the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a national nonprofit organization and an authority on the economic and environmental impacts of container recycling. We are writing to state our support of H.3289, “An Act to Expand the Bottle Bill” (Decker), and its companion bill S.2149 (Creem).

We are writing to state that we support H.3277 and respectfully suggest a few amendments. This bill will set the following postconsumer recycled content (PCR) goals for plastic beverage bottles covered under the container deposit law…

We are writing to state our support of S.2215, “An Act to Create a Deposit for Glass Wine and Liquor Bottles (O’Connor). This short bill packs a big punch in addressing a serious problem in Massachusetts: finding a home for hundreds of thousands of tons of discarded glass bottles.

As you may know, the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) is a national nonprofit organization and an authority on the economic and environmental impacts of container recycling. We are writing in support of H.3332 “An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures (Lewis/Hawkins).

We are writing to state that our position on AB 1454, which makes changes to “The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act,” is opposed unless amended

We are writing in opposition to the part of the resolve that suggests studying repeal of the container deposit law. The effectiveness of container deposit laws has been studied many times, both within and outside of the United States.