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Article: Modernize Bottle Bill.(Editorials)(Oregon's pioneering law has grown outdated)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 27, 2007
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Oregon blazed a trail when the Legislature approved the Bottle Bill in 1971, requiring a 5-cent deposit on bottles and cans of beer and soda pop. Just about everything connected to the Bottle Bill has changed since then. The Bottle Bill needs fundamental revisions, and the Legislature should not be too proud to copy the best recycling and waste-reduction ideas from other states.
Litter reduction was the primary goal of the 1971 law, and it worked - the number of cans and bottles in roadside ditches dropped dramatically. The fact that the Bottle Bill could divert significant amounts of material from landfills was an ancillary ...