Senator Thompson Encouraged By Latest Bigger Better Bottle Bill Ruling. "Bill adds water bottles to increase recycling."
Antoine M Thompson
August 15, 2009
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ISSUE:
- Environment
For Immediate Release
Contact: Heather Zeisz | Zeisz@senate.state.ny.us | 716.854.8705
“The bottle bill is by far New York’s most effective recycling and litter prevention program,” stated Senator Thompson. “I am extremely pleased to see that such a historic bill has become law.”
The original bottle bill that was passed in 1982 provided a 5 cent deposit on carbonated beverages like beer and soda. The new and improved “Bigger Better Bottle Bill” will extend the deposit to include water bottles.
Besides the benefits to the environment and increasing State revenue, there will be an approximate increase of 900 additional employment positions in existing redemption centers and will potentially provide hundreds of added jobs and economic development when the State is experiencing an unprecedented rate of unemployment.
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