Update the Massachusetts Bottle Bill

A working group of environmental organizations, and municipal/state agencies

 
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Reports and Resources

Materials:

• Update the Bottle Bill flyer
• Update the Bottle Bill Poster (in Adobe Acrobat format)
• Sample Letters to the Editor - Use these to inspire your own.
• Sample article for your organization's newsletter - We'll be happy to help you write your article
• Sample letter to your state Senator and Representative - use our letter or write your own. Click here for a list of legislators.
• Sample city/town resolution - Ask your city councilor or alderman to sponsor this non-binding resolution
• Petition for canvassing - Use a separate one for each state representative's district. When you canvass, keep a dozen blanks.

Reports

• Renewing the Massachussets Bottle Bill: Constant Goals, Changing Times (PDF), Northeastern University.
• Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling (BEAR) Report
• Trashed Cans: The Global Environmental Impact of Aluminum Can Wasting in America (CRI)
• The Ten-Cent Incentive To Recycle
• Beverage Container Deposit Systems in the U.S. III

Other Websites with Bottle Bill Information

MASSPIRG - Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group

MassRecycle

Container Recycling Institute