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Article: A bigger, better bottle bill for New York? (Municipal Recycling).
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- Recycling Today
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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The Bigger, Better Bottle Bill Coalition (BBBBC) believes changes to New York's current bottle bill would make the law more effective.
The changes proposed by the BBBBC include expanding the law to include non-carbonated beverage containers, such as bottled water, teas and juices; increasing deposits from 5 cents to 10 cents; and allocating unredeemed deposits to an Environmental Protection Fund to support recycling and waste prevention efforts state-wide.
Laura Haight, senior environmental associate of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) and BBBBC coordinator, says the coalition hopes to build on the success of the current bottle bill ...