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Massachusetts Bottle Bill
The Massachusetts Bottle Bill (Mass. Bills H.2943/S.1588) is a container-deposit legislation dealing with recycling in the United States that originally passed in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in 1982 as the Beverage Container Recovery Law. Implemented in 1983, the law requires containers of carbonated beverages to be returnable with a minimum return value, currently $0.05. The bottle bill does not cover containers of non-carbonated beverages like water, tea, or sports drinks. The current law also establishes the handling fee paid by distributors to redemption centers, $0.0325 per unit as of July 5, 2013 and to retailers $0.0225 per unit. As the number of non-deposit beverage containers (water, tea, sports beverages, etc.) has increased to represent over one-third of beverage containers sold, the current Bottle Bill has no influence on these non-deposit containers, with the result that these containers are three times more likely to be found as litter in Massachusetts communities. Additional studies indicate that beverage containers covered by the state’s container deposit system are redeemed at approximately 70% and another 9% are recycled via curbside programs. Conversely, containers that are not covered, such as bottled water, juices, and sports drinks, are recycled at approximately 25%
== Background ==
Since the original Bottle Deposit Law was enacted, there has been tremendous growth in the consumption of beverages exempted. Since 2000, consumption of non-carbonated beverages has demonstrated near double-digit growth and now represents over 30% of beverages sold in Massachusetts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/recycle/reduce/municipal-benefits-of-an-expanded-bottle-bill.html )〕 However, as these beverage containers do not require a deposit, only 23% are currently recycled, compared with a recycling rate of 80% for containers requiring a deposit in the 2010 fiscal year.
While the proposed expansion of the bottle bill includes provisions for both deposits paid by consumers as well as handling fees paid by industry, a portion of deposits paid are expected to remain unredeemed. These forfeited deposits are currently paid into the Commonwealth’s General Fund. Revenue from unclaimed deposits has been estimated to be around $34 million per year, prompting Governor Patrick to propose dedicating $6.5 million of this new revenue to the state’s Department of Environmental Protection recycling and solid waste program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/recycle/reduce/expanding-the-bottle-bill.html )〕 Under the proposed ballot initiative, the forfeited deposits would be directed to environmental programs.
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