The Bottle Bill: It’s time to build on its success
The Bottle Bill is Vermont’s single most effective recycling program. Vermont recycles 85% of all beverage containers covered by the Bottle Bill, while states without a bottle bill recycle, on average, fewer than 25% of these same containers. Updating our state’s Bottle Bill to include non-carbonated beverage containers (like bottled water, iced tea, and sports drinks) could potentially keep more than 82 million bottles and cans off of our roadsides and out of our landfills every year.
And while five cents may not seem like a lot of money, it adds up for groups like Cub Scouts, Little Leagues, and many other community groups who hold bottle drives to raise money for their projects. For some groups in Vermont, this accounts for thousands of dollars of income each year.
We hope you will join us in our efforts to make Vermont an even better place to live by building on the success of the most effective recycling program in the state.
