CRI - CRI's 2007 Beverage Market Data Analysis Now Available

Spring 2007
Volume XV No. 1

CRI's 2007 Beverage Market Data Analysis now available	1
Beverage market share for non-carbs doubles in just eight years	2
CRI in Transition	3
State Updates
New York: 600 groups and businesses seek Bigger Better Bottle Bill	4
Oregon: Oldest U.S. bottle bill may get needed update	4
Connecticut: Two joint committees vote overwhelmingly to send pdated bottle bill to full senate for a vote	5
Iowa: Redemption centers seek higher handling fee	5
North Carolina: Bill would require 10¢ deposit on all beverage containers	5
West Virginia: Adopt-A-Highway volunteers tired of picking up litter, say “no” to annual spring cleanup	6
Tennessee: Consensus approach being considered	6
Maryland: Bottle bill sought to reduce growing litter problem	7
Arkansas: Farm Bureau, County Judges support Rep. Roebuck’s bottle bill	7
Increase in container waste overshadows modest gains in recycling	8
“National Bottle Bill would increase recycling” say recycling stakeholders interviewed by GAO	9
20/20 Vision: Setting our Sights on Zero Beverage Container Waste by 2020	10
Rio Grande Valley students know their three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle	11
CRI’s Web sites getting more than 45,000 unique visits a month	12
Ontario: Deposits required on beer, wine and spirit containers	13
PET Plastic Bottle Recycling and Wasting	14