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Article: EDITORIAL: Expand bottle bill to include water.(Editorial)
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- Connecticut Post
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- March 12, 2007
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Mar. 12--At first glance, it's hard to get worked up about something known as the Bottle Bill. An annual rite of spring in Hartford, the proposal would double the nickel deposits for soda and beer containers, sending more money back to the state and, presumably, getting litter off our streets and parks. Whether it would actually accomplish much is a legitimate debate, but the idea of expanding the deposit to water bottles and noncarbonated sports drinks is a good one. Promoters of the bill, which is knocked down annually by lobbyists for the beverage industry -- which has no interest in seeing higher prices on its products unless they're headed back its way -- say ...