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Press releases:
Proposed Bottle 'Tax' Bureaucracy Drives Up Consumer Costs, Trashes Litter Programs
February 4, 2008
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On the web:
Seinfeld episode comes to life!
Suspects Arraigned In Pop Can Smuggling Ring
Authorities: Smuggling Rings Defrauded Mich. Bottle Deposit Fund
Associated Press
September 28, 2007
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In print:
Container bill is not needed
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, Editorial
February 10, 2008
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Bottle Deposit Poor Way to Address Litter Problem
Johnson City Press, Editorial
February 06, 2006
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Bottle Bill Would Not Work Out
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, Editorial
March 26, 2006
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Bill isn't litter control, it's higher prices and lost retail
Knoxville News Sentinel, Op-Ed by Steve Smith, CEO of K-VA-T Food Stores
February 19, 2006
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Cents and Sensibility
The Boston Globe, Perspective by Thomas M. Keane, Jr.
March 5, 2006
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Hawaii Auditor Critical of Bottle Bill
Recycling Today Magazine
December 6, 2005
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Other good reads:
Litter grants increase to improve highways
MTSU Sidelines
December 3, 2007
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Litter Grant 101
Tennessee's Positive Approach to Litter Control
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Helpful Resources:
Tennessee 2006 Visible Litter Survey
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