Please take a moment to rescue the Updated Bottle Bill and help it become law this year. This bill would put a nickel deposit on bottled water, juices, teas, and energy drinks and work exactly like the deposit we already have on beer and carbonated beverages.

The Updated Bottle Bill is currently stuck in the Telecom,Utilities & Energy Committee.  

Speaker of the Massachusetts House, Robert DeLeo has the power to move this bill out of Committee but he needs to hear your voice loudly and clearly in favor of it.

Please take a minute to let Speaker DeLeo know that you support this legislation. Click this link to Take Action on the Updated Bottle Bill.

Thank you!

Lynn Wolbarst, LWVMA Natural Resources Specialist 

Passage of the Updated bottle bill would: 

1.Recycle one Billion more bottles annually in Massachusetts - enough to fill Fenway Park to the Monster seats.

2.Create 500 new jobs at redemption centers that are in the business of recycling the returned bottles /cans. Keep 500 more recycling jobs in danger of being lost.

3. Reduce litter in cities and towns and save tax dollars spent to pick up litter

Look who's in favor of the bill:

77% of MA consumers according to a 2011 MassInc poll   

207 cities and towns that have signed the pledge to update the Bottle Bill

363+ MA businesses since Valentine's Day 2012 that have signed a Bottle Bill support letter