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The Container Recycling Institute is pleased to announce
the release of the 3rd edition of our popular report "The
10¢ Incentive to Recycle."
CRI has distributed hundreds of copies of this bottle bill
primer since 1995, and now it has been completely revised
and updated to reflect the most current data available on
beverage container deposit systems. This oft-requested report
sets the record straight on the environmental and economic
impacts of bottle bills, and uses documented evidence to
rebut the arguments made by the anti-deposit beverage and
retail industry lobbies.
With informative text and loads of charts, graphs and tables,
this 22-page report is a concise compendium of valuable
information for activists, policymakers, solid waste and
recycling professionals, researchers, recycling businesses,
and anyone interested in learning more about bottle bills
from an unbiased source.
A sample of headings and quotes from the 10¢ Incentive:
* Beverage Container Waste: Whose Responsibility Is It?
"There are costs
associated with managing discarded one-way beverage containers.
The question
for policymakers is: 'Who should pay these costs?'"
* Deposit Systems Produce Higher Recycling Rates: "The
ten U.S. states with
deposit systems have consistently achieved redemption rates
two to three
times higher than the rates in non-bottle bill states."
* A 10¢ Incentive to Conserve Energy and Reduce Pollution:
"In 2002, an
estimated 5.4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions were
produced in the
process of replacing the 118 billion bottles and cans not
recycled."
* Beverage Container Litter: Unsightly, Dangerous, Costly:
"Beverage
containers comprise 40% to 60% of roadside litter in non-deposit
states."
* A Comprehensive Approach to Recycling: "Combined
curbside and deposit
systems [are] more effective than curbside programs alone."
* The Bottle Bill's Impact on Jobs, Sales, Prices &
Public Health: "The
collection and recycling of beverage containers in bottle
bill states has
created tens of thousands of new jobs in retail, distribution,
and
recycling."
* Public Support vs. Industry Opposition: "Consumers
overwhelmingly support
bottle bills [but] opponents have spent huge sums of money
to defeat ballot
initiatives over the past twenty years, outspending proponents
by as much as
30 to 1."
* Support for Bottle Bills is Widespread: "Governors
of bottle bill states
value their deposit laws... So do recycling professionals...
Elected
officials, policymakers and environmental leaders... Major
newspapers... And
even some beverage producers."
*The Need to Expand and Update Deposit Laws: "Policymakers
and
environmentalists are working to update bottle bills to
include
noncarbonated beverages that did not exist when bottle bills
were passed in
the 1970's and 1980's," and "Updating all bottle
bills to a 10¢ deposit
would raise redemption rates by an estimated 20 percentage
points."
The report also contains "Answers to Ten Frequently
Asked Questions."
The 10¢ Incentive to Recycle is available as a FREE
download at:
http://www.container-recycling.org/publications/orderform.htm#tci
Hard copies can also be mailed to you for $15; the order
form is at the same
URL.
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