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Bottle Bills and their Economic Impact

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022Wayne DeFeoRecycling

I have written about bottle bills before…and you know my basic opinion…While they are indeed a form of EPR, I have always noted that they have a negative impact on MRF economics…A new study supports this position. However, as the study notes, it is also important that the impact be looked at in its entirety. […]

The Fallacy of the Bottle Bill

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019Wayne DeFeoRecycling

On July 5, the New York Times published an article in the Business Section that makes a claim that bottle bills work at improving recycling. I am getting tired of this claim. It may be true that in bottle bill states the recovery of cans and bottles may be higher than in non bottle bills […]