RECYCLING BOTTLES

In: Policy analysis: publ. quarterly for the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 493-494

Abstract

BEVERAGE CONTAINERS ACCOUNT FOR UP TO 55% OF ALL LITTER. BILLS REQUIRING DEPOSITS ON BOTTLES HAVE BEEN PASSED IN OREGON AND CONNECTICUT AND ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION IN 25 OTHER STATES AND IN CONGRESS. THIS POLICY WOULD REDUCE LITTER; BUT RETURNABLE BOTTLES ARE EXPENSIVE, AND THE POLICY WOULD HARM THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES, WHICH ARE AN IMPORTANT SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY.