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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sophia,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you haven’t yet, please take a
look at the CRI website that Bryce Hulsey gave in the email below. You’ll
see statistics showing states that have a bottle bill have higher voluntary
recycling rates. It lends to a self-motivating mindset (culture) toward
recycling. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I just moved from <st1:State w:st="on">Michigan</st1:State>
this year to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tulsa</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">OK</st1:State></st1:place> area. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Michigan</st1:place></st1:State> has a 97.2% beverage container
redemption rate. At the same time, most communities have recycling separate
from their weekly trash pick-up. Where I lived, we had a household trash
dumpster, a yard waste dumpster and a recyclable material container. Most everyone
used their recycle material container. The trash pick-up company had a separate
(specialized) truck that came by and picked up the recyclables separate from
everything else.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I challenge you to find general recycling
rates in the State of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>.
I scoured the internet and could not find anything on this. I called OK-DEQ
(Bryce) and asked if they had that statistic. The closest he could tell me was
somewhere between 6 and 12%. This is nothing to be proud of. It can only get
better!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jim Bologna</span></font></b></strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Site-Energy Manager<br>
Saint-Gobain Containers<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sapulpa</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State></st1:place><br>
(918)227-5537 Office</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(918)691-2192 Cell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>nother
great resource for beverage container deposit laws and info is the CRI website,
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.container-recycling.org/">http://www.container-recycling.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>The Bryster!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> okrecycles-bounces@recycleok.org [mailto:okrecycles-bounces@recycleok.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Brian Figgins<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 30,
2009 9:18 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> okrecycles@recycleok.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OKRA] Idea for OKRA:
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>
lawmaker plans bottle-deposit program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I received quite a few responses to my e-mail. I
wanted to address most of those in one reply.<br>
<br>
It sounds like OKRA will be taking some steps to support this initiative.
Ilda says that the bill's sponsor has been invited to the Dec 8 recycling
seminar in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Stillwater</st1:place></st1:City>.
Before I heard that, I was not sure I was going to attend. Now I
definitely will as it will give me a chance to learn more about the proposed
bill and offer suggestions.<br>
<br>
I spent most of last summer in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>.
Their deposit law is a great compliment to their various recycling
programs. Plastics gathered in my community are not worth anything.
The City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mustang</st1:place></st1:City>
pays to OEMA haul the plastics and OEMA gives them away to either Greenstar or
Waste Management. When the economy soured, those companies charged
communities to accept plastics.<br>
<br>
In <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>,
many people do not bother to redeem their cans or bottles. They will drop
those items into their community recycling programs which in turn get to redeem
them. These deposits work as a price support for the recycling
centers. What is worthless for communities now would be worth 5 cents an
item under such a bill.<br>
<br>
For an experiment, I took a weeks worth of bottles to a grocery store to see
how the process works. Most grocery stores have a collection once a
week. There is a trailer in the parking lot where they weigh your bottles
and cans. The staff gives you a receipt which you take into the store to
redeem for cash. Residents tell me that most people just use it like a
coupon for their next purchase.<br>
<br>
I did hear a story on NPR while I was out their that one sign of the bad
economy is that you saw more people going down residential streets picking out
bottles and cans from the curbside recycling bins to redeem themselves.<br>
<br>
Another possible alliance for OKRA in passing a deposit law would be child
health advocates. A deposit law would for many effectively be a tax on
sugary drinks (as well as disposable water bottles)<br>
<br>
Grocers concerns are that it would dampen sales of soft drinks and water
bottles as well as add a requirement that they accept these products
back. This is way I think we should consider giving the grocers a portion
of the unredeemed deposits as an offset.<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:Sophiabkv@aol.com">Sophiabkv@aol.com</a> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#004000'>I would like
to know how this affects curbside recycling programs in communities?</span></font></i></em><font
size=4 color="#004000" face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#004000'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=4 color=green face="Bodoni MT"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT";color:green;font-style:italic'>Barbara
VanHanken</span></font></i><font size=4 color="#004000" face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#004000'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=4 color=green face="Bodoni MT"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT";color:green;font-style:italic'>Tulsa
Master Recyclers<br>
<a href="mailto:sophiabkv@aol.com">sophiabkv@aol.com</a><br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2212 E. 38th St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tulsa</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">74105</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
918 749-9093<br>
<br>
</span></font></i><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;background:#C9EDD8;font-style:italic'>Please consider the
environment before printing this email.</span></font></i><font size=4
color="#004000" face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
"Book Antiqua";color:#004000'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:#C9EDD8;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:#C9EDD8;font-style:italic'>In
a message dated 9/29/2009 10:02:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time, <a
href="mailto:BFiggins@cox.net">BFiggins@cox.net</a> writes:</span></font></i><font
size=4 color="#004000" face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
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<h1><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i><font size=6 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Oklahoma</span></font></i></b></st1:place></st1:State><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'> lawmaker plans
bottle-deposit program <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><a
href="http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-lawmaker-plans-bottle-deposit-program/article/3403610?custom_click=headlines_widget"
title="http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-lawmaker-plans-bottle-deposit-program/article/3403610?custom_click=headlines_widget">http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-lawmaker-plans-bottle-deposit-program/article/3403610?custom_click=headlines_widget</a><br>
<br>
I think this would be a good thing for OKRA to get behind and support. I
know that many in the recycling community understand the value of a deposit
bill. Although the main purpose of this bill is to reduce litter, it does
a good job of supporting recycling industries.<br>
<br>
A deposit bill is not a tax on anyone... except perhaps a tax on the
lazy. People who purchase a can or bottle pay an extra $.05 fee which
they get back when they return the item. Many states that have a deposit
law reap millions of dollars on unredeemed deposit fees.<br>
<br>
If the OKRA board believes that this is an issue they want to get behind, I
would be willing to work with you on trying to get this through. I would
suggest we contact the following groups / organizations to build a coalitions:<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Keep <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>
Beautiful</span></b> - This is primarily an anti-litter law after all<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Boys Scouts / Girl Scout </span></b>- The
Mustang Boy Scouts organization recently asked me to speak to them about who
should pay for recycling. These groups have helped pass deposit laws in
other states. Collecting bottles and cans is a great fund raiser for many
organizations<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Oklahoma</span></b></st1:place></st1:State><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Grocers Association</span></b> - They are currently against
this. If we could find a way to win them over, we would make a strong
ally out of an opponent. One thought is to split the unredeemed deposits
between the state and the grocers.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
Brian Figgins<br>
Coordinator - Mustang Recycles <br>
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