tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754356769420435170.post1869081709139883..comments2023-10-28T05:58:44.501-07:00Comments on Why This is News: Bottle deposit law sucksRoger Wingelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18370439314744450866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754356769420435170.post-78771231587099360352011-06-15T12:43:08.318-07:002011-06-15T12:43:08.318-07:00Deposit states recycle 70-95% of returnable contai...Deposit states recycle 70-95% of returnable containers, compared to less than 30% in non-deposit states. Infact half of the containers recycled in the US come from the 10 deposit states, the other 40 states recycling the other half. Wow. Litter is also reduced. Most people care about the environment and recycling, and don't care about the "inconvenience." Personally I care about the visual inconvenience of litter. But you're right, there are things that could be done to make the program better. Oregon for example is now making a shift towards redemption center returns. Much of the beverage industry still fights hard against deposit programs, despite their effectiveness, and this is why water bottles for example are not included. Actually surveys show that people like deposit programs. Actually didn't the MI law pass by voter referrendum? Who likes it? A majority of those who voted for it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754356769420435170.post-86414897187514953022011-06-15T09:20:11.830-07:002011-06-15T09:20:11.830-07:00My parents and I were just talking about this last...My parents and I were just talking about this last weekend, questioning why water bottles aren't included in the deposit bottles now. It seems like far more of them are thrown to the wayside than the depositable bottles are and just about everyone drinks out of them. (Are more people drinking water from bottles than pop now?)<br /><br />After a little research, I found out why many people don't like it (reasons you stated above), but stats I found from an '08 article about this are interesting and, if they're accurate, have me questioning what would happen if there wasn't a deposit on anything.<br /><br />"Despite the 97 percent recycle rate the bottle law currently achieves, Michigan only recycles 20 percent of non-deposit containers, throwing away and littering 1.12 billion non-degradable containers each year."<br />http://www.bottlebill.org/news/articles/2008/MI-11-12-MichigansNeed-op.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com