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Can charging a refundable deposit reduce litter? Is it 7th time 'lucky' for bottle bill?

3 Dec 2008

If seven is a lucky number, proponents of the so-called "bottle bill" hope the seventh voyage finally brings it into harbor. Six times the bill has met the same fate - drowned in a sea of forgotten legislation in the final, hectic days of the West Virginia Legislature.

Actually, "bottle bill" is a misnomer, since the idea generated by the West Virginia Citizen Action Group would cover all beverage containers, including aluminum cans, in a mission to help rid roadsides of litter tossed out by motorists.

WVCAG wants in the 2009 session to impose a 10-cent, totally refundable deposit on all beverage containers as an incentive for consumers to turn them in to recycling centers rather than pitch them out along West Virginia highways, adding to the unsightly litter that spoils the environment.

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