Recycling Isn’t About the Planet. It’s About Profit.

Recycling Isn’t About the Planet. It’s About Profit.

April 4th, 2019 - If you wanted to recycle a Coke bottle, the spring of 2011 was a great time to do it. That spring, every soda bottle you dropped into the translucent blue bag in your kitchen was worth about eight times what it had been just 2½ years earlier, and four times what it would be five years later. Read More

Uptick occurs in bottle bill proposals

Uptick occurs in bottle bill proposals

March 12th, 2019 - Lawmakers in at least six states released proposed legislation to add bottle bills so far in 2019. Bills have been proposed in Arkansas (House Bill 1771), Florida (Senate Bill 853), Illinois (House Bill 2651), New Jersey (Assembly Bill 1710), Tennessee (House Bill 0814 and Senate Bill 0885) and West Virginia (House Bill 3120). Read More

CRI’s “Duty to Warn” Webinar Debunks Recycling Myths

CRI’s “Duty to Warn” Webinar Debunks Recycling Myths

March 4th, 2019 - A recent CRI webinar debunks recycling myths and discusses recycling costs beyond the MRF, post-National Sword opportunities and the risks facing redemption centers. Read More

Lawmakers eye changes to Maine’s bottle redemption laws

Lawmakers eye changes to Maine’s bottle redemption laws

February 28th, 2019 - AUGUSTA — State lawmakers are considering nearly a dozen bills to update Maine’s bottle deposit and redemption system, as redemption centers struggle with the impact of a 2016 voter-approved minimum wage increase. Read More

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New beverage container deposit program bills. Expansion and repeal proposals. Sales, redemption rate and waste trends. Refillable bottle infrastructure. Extended producer responsibility.

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Get the latest insights on our Publications and Letters and Briefings pages. Also visit our California DRS page for details on important upgrades made to the state’s beverage container deposit return program, but also the need for additional program reforms – in large part due to misreporting of its fund balance, which diligent work by CRI helped bring to light.

Plus, sign up for our Weekly Headlines e-newsletter for the latest beverage container deposit and recycling industry news, and check back for new information as we continue working to make North America a global model for the collection and quality recycling of packaging materials.

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This counter represents the number of beverage cans and bottles that have been landfilled, littered and incinerated in the US so far this year
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