In 1971, Oregon became the first state to require a five cent deposit on all carbonated drink cans and bottles. The transformation of landfill use and roadside litter was an example for the nation.
Today, the deposit is still just a nickel, and people are drinking a whole lot of bottled water, bottled tea and non-carbonated energy drinks. Updating the law shouldn't be difficult, should it?
Except that the retailers of bottled drinks are fighting it with every dirty trick they've managed to figure out since they failed to stop the original bottle bill, and failed to stop it in a dozen other states.
If you're an Oregon resident, let the Legislature know that you're not buying the retailers' humbug campaign against the renewal of the Bottle Bill.
//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Yes*"\\
*Note: This answer has been used 47 times before.
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