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Modernizing Bottle Bills: Saving the Environment and the Economy
“Modernizing Bottle Bills: Saving the Environment and the Economy”. Article written for B2B News Network, March 2022, Elizabeth Balkan. Read the article…
Unlocking recycling potential in the US
…and 220 billion glass bottles, according to Reloop’s What We Waste Dashboard. Americans wasted an average of 504 beverage containers per person in 2024 alone, including 60 glass bottles, 181…
In the media: How Reloop impacts European waste policy and its plans for the U.S.
…where, working with Eunomia, Reloop will do an analysis and identify suggestions for improvement where bottle bills are not performing well. Morawski says all bottle bills in the U.S. are…
A brief look at Bottle Bills in the state of Rhode Island
…and litter. Senator Mark McKenney, the bill’s sponsor, speaks to Reloop’s Jenni Hume about how two proven tools, Extended Producer Responsibility and Deposit Return Systems for beverage containers, can help protect…
10 Essential DRS Practices
…“bottle bills” have been introduced in 12 states along with talks of a federal bill — opinions fly in all directions. Too often, advocates propose, industry opposes, legislation stalls, and…
Reimagining the Bottle Bill
…already works: the bottle bill. Bottle bills establish deposit return systems that incentivise both producers and consumers to recycle containers, and have been used for decades in multiple states and…
Evidence from new study debunks myth that Deposit Return Systems (DRS) cause declines in beverage sales
…expanded beverage container deposit return systems (DRS, aka bottle bills) alone impact beverage sales – suggesting beverage industry concerns that deposit systems lead to sales declines are unfounded. The study…
Global Deposit Book 2024
…schemes’ in Australia and ‘bottle bills’ in the United States, these programmes incentivise recycling by requiring consumers to pay a refundable deposit when purchasing beverages, which they get back when…
Working on building a world free of waste
UN Plastic Treaty We need a primary plastic polymer fee in the treaty New analysis on how a primary plastic polymer fee can contribute to ending plastic pollution. About the…