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WELCOME TO POP!

Latest news: The Tennessee Beverage Container Recycling Act
has been put on ice for the remainder of 2009.
It will be reintroduced in the Tennessee state legislature in January 2010
.

Go to the Legislation page for details.

POP is about . . .

… clean roads inspiring more
citizen pride and attracting
more tourist dollars
(East Orange, Vermont)

… school kids learning to love recycling and disdain littering
(bottle drive at Onekana Elementary, Manistee, Mich.)

… hundreds of redemption centers creating thousands of jobs
(Four Winds Redemption Center, Livermore, Maine)

… low-income folks
earning extra money
(reverse vending machines, Portland, Maine)

… small-business owners turning bottles and cans into a career
(Ron's Redemption,
Standish, Maine)

… industries lowering costs and emissions by using recycled containers (making carpet
fiber in Dalton, Ga.)
… new products emerging as
scrap supplies increase
(Worldwise pet bowl, Calif.)
… public-private investors creating new redemption technologies
(drop-&-go kiosk at Hannaford Supermarket, Scarborough, Maine)
… schools raising thousands of
dollars through bottle drives
(
Liverpool HS Marching Band, Liverpool, New York;
raised $3,657 in one day!)

Why do we need POP?

In addition to having some of the lowest recycling rates in the country, Tennessee has some of the worst litter:

Third Creek, Knoxville
photo by Mark C. Campen

Lake in Soddy-Daisy
photo by Madeline Rose

McKellar Lake, Memphis
photo by James Baker

Mt. Juliet: 72 percent!
photo by Marge Davis

1 square yard, 14 bottles & cans
photo by Marge Davis
reCYCLE!
photo by Ronn Duff, Tazewell

CONSIDER THESE FACTS:

Discarded bottles and cans are the number-one component of litter in Tennessee, comprising roughly half of Tennessee's roadside litter volume.

A 5-cent deposit will eliminate 80 to 90 percent of this portion of the litter stream, resulting in an overall litter reduction of at least 40 percent, perhaps more.

In addition, the bill will pay for Tennessee's existing comprehensive litter program, while removing the litter taxes on beer and soft drinks that currently provide the funding.

Ultimately, POP is about:

our children!
photo by Tom Wachter, Knoxville

 


 

 
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