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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>To all concerned about the new Oklahoma Bottle Bill,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The information from Fenton Rood is absolutely correct. The House bill
(hb2916) and the Senate bill (sb1896) have been filed as shell bills. The
reason for this is to allow lawmakers to view it as a preliminary document with
the intention of it being massaged to fit <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I initially wanted to keep it under the radar of the opposition, but
they have already come out in force. They have lined up with their lobbyists
and have written letters to the coauthors of the bill asking them to not support
the legislation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I would suggest, if you are passionate about recycling to voice your
opinion to your local lawmakers....state, county and city. However, to give the
bottle bill the best chance of passing, we need to focus on these key issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1) <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jobs, jobs, jobs!</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>This bill is a job saver and
creator. Specifically, it saves jobs like those of ours in the glass industry
and others using recycled content to reduce energy consumption and costs. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>The bill allows for redemption
centers. This will create a new industry for entrepreneurs to open businesses
and hire people to operate and maintain them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Transportation jobs for trucking
recycled materials.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2) <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>No mandates and not a tax!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Our bill does not mandate any
store owner to have reverse vending machines on their property. Although,
grocers should understand if there is a redemption center between two local
grocery stores, he will not be able to guarantee the customer will enter his
store with the redemption receipt to buy more products.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>This is a return on investment. The
only way a consumer would lose money is if he/she chose not to redeem their
bottles and cans. For those who don’t return their empty beverage
containers, we say “thank you” for helping build the unredeemed
deposit fund.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>3) <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>A compliment to curbside recycling</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Bottle bills and curbside
recycling are not mutually exclusive; they work best when they are combined. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Curbside recycling only targets
residential.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Deposit laws target mostly beverage
containers consumed away from home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Curbside recycling is not free;
municipalities must budget for the extra pick-up, handling and space. Taxpayers
foot the bill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Deposit laws put the cost on the
producers, not the consumer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Comingled material from curbside
and single-stream recycling is much more difficult to be reused by
manufacturers. The material has to be sorted and has much higher levels of
contamination. You can’t unscramble an egg!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Bottle bill states produce “pristine”
recycled material for optimal reuse.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Statistics show (Container
Recycling Institute), states having bottle bills have much higher overall recycling
rates than other states. It becomes part of the culture.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Lessens trash going to landfills.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>4) <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Significant environmental benefits</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Reduction in energy use.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Reduction of virgin material extraction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Litter reduction along roadsides,
parks, lakes, rivers, farmer’s fields and city areas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Self sustaining <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>The unredeemed deposit fund allows
for a self-sustaining project. No taxes or public funds! This could be a huge
amount of money, especially when the project first gets going, since many
people won’t redeem their containers. It is up to the state to decide how
they want to use it, but there could be many benefits, especially at a time
when there are so many budgetary short-falls.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>We like the idea of charities
and/or churches getting involved to be redemption centers. This could raise a
significant amount of money for their causes and put people to work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Please take the time to look over the following websites and become an
informed advocate for the Oklahoma Bottle Bill:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.bottlebill.org/">http://www.bottlebill.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.container-recycling.org/">http://www.container-recycling.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.gpi.org/">http://www.gpi.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sign up to be a part of the Bottle Bill Action Network:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/bban?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/bban?hl=en</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Below are the arguments the opposition is using. Most of what they are
trying to say is old, tired, outdated thinking and not substantiated by facts
and/or statistics. I think there is an overwhelming argument, supported by data
and collected by groups like CRI, GPI and others. Please review the opposition’s
position, then call your local decision makers and legislators and tell them why
a bottle bill makes so much sense.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=5 color=black
face=Weidemann-Black><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Black;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Why Bottle Bills Don’t Make Sense Today<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Putting a deposit on beverage containers means establishing a
separate, often duplicate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>recycling system for a small subset of the waste stream. Beverage
containers typically<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>account for about 4% of waste produced and are among the most
recyclable and most<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>recycled packaging materials. Deposits may have made sense 30
years ago when there<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>were no recycling programs, but not today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><b><font color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-family:Weidemann-Bold;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Community recycling programs suffer when deposits are in
place<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>because programs lose the revenue from valuable aluminum cans as
well as from<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>PET and HDPE plastic bottles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>These revenues provide significant funding for recycling programs.
A deposit<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>system siphons off much of this material and the revenue is used
instead to cover<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>the high costs of redemption.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Increasingly, recycling companies are speaking out in opposition
to deposits because<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>of the adverse impact on their businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Cutting materials out of existing recycling systems makes those
systems less<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>efficient and unnecessarily complicates recycling for consumers.
Communities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>still must operate with the same recycling staff, equipment, and
facilities, but<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>have less material over which to spread their costs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>• Bottle bills produce unintended
environmental consequences.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Recycling should reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but using a
deposit system to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>recycle reduces or eliminates those benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>•</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>A deposit system requires consumers to self-haul empty containers
to redemption<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>centers for refunds. Newer redemption systems (<st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State>) rely<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>exclusively on specialized redemption centers, which mean a
special trip for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>consumers and incremental fuel consumption and vehicle emissions.
Putting a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>new fleet of trucks on the roads to collect empty containers from
these centers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>adds to the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Contrasting this mode of recovery with existing curbside, dropoff,
or commercial<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>recycling, beverage containers move more efficiently with other
recyclables. Since<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>no new fuel is required, all the greenhouse gas benefits of
recycling are realized.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>• Redemption systems are costly to operate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>A new system designed to handle only certain materials has to add
costs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Ultimately, consumers bear these costs through higher prices for
beverages and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>other grocery items.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>•</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Traditional redemption systems (beer and soda only) cost three
times more than<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>curbside recycling to recover a ton of material; the multiple
grows when<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>noncarbonated products are included</span></font><font
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Centralized redemption systems like <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>’s reduce redemption costs,
but eat<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>up the savings with large subsidies for program administration and
other program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;color:black'>dependents.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>• Bottle bills offer little benefit
compared to alternatives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>By focusing on such a narrow part of the waste stream, deposits
offer little<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>environmental gain, considering their high cost.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Beverage container recovery rates in states with generally good
residential and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>commercial recycling exceed 50%, not only for these containers,
but for other<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>materials as well. Deposit states may achieve 60 to 70% rates for
beverage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>containers (including fraud as discussed below), but some, like <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Michigan</st1:place></st1:State>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>have very poor rates for other materials.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Beverage containers only represent about 7% of litter so the
benefits of deposits<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>are limited in that area as well. In fact states with
long-standing anti-litter efforts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>are typically cleaner than deposit states because they take a
broader view of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>• Border issues drive up costs and hurt
local economies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>A container deposit represents a significant price increase,
especially for less<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>expensive products like soda and water. That value creates
unintended<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>consequences:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Fraudulent redemption of containers brings into deposit states
millions of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>foreign containers that were not purchased there originally. Fraud
adds expense<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>to the systems, shifting the cost of managing materials onto the
deposit state’s<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>consumers. Fraud cuts into unclaimed deposit revenues that can
help defray<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>system expenses. And fraud inflates redemption rate numbers
attributed to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>deposit programs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>The price incentive also drives retail business out of deposit
states. Border area<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>food stores lose 5% of their overall sales based on the impact of
5¢ deposits on<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>beer and soda alone. This sends jobs and tax revenue out of state.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><b><font color=black
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-family:Weidemann-Bold;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Smarter, better ways exist to increase recycling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Deposits seem to some like the only way to move beverage container
rates higher,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>but looking at state of the art practices in recycling indicates
that there is still much<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>potential we can tap.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Rather than ruining our existing system to recycle more bottles
and cans, we need<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>to leverage our investment in that system to update programs and
increase<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>participation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Meanwhile, cities from <st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City> to <st1:City
w:st="on">Madison</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State> to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Portsmouth</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New
Hampshire</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>are showing the way with best practices to achieve 50%+ recovery
rates for all materials,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>using best practices like single-stream curbside collection and
pay- as-you-throw incentives<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>to encourage recycling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#245fa9"
face=Weidemann-Bold><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Bold;
color:#245FA9;font-weight:bold'>• </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>Add to that the excitement around RecycleBank, a recycling rewards
program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>that is paying households for their recycling in coupons and
discount certificates<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>for groceries and other goods and services from local merchants.
RecycleBank<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Weidemann-Book><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;
color:black'>communities in <st1:State w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Delaware</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State>, and <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State> are<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Weidemann-Book><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Weidemann-Book;color:black'>experiencing
unprecedented rates of participation and waste diversion as a result.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>If you feel this information is helpful, feel free to share it with
those who will work for the bottle bill. If you have any questions, or if I can
help in anyway, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Another valuable resource available to us is our point man, Steve
Edwards. Below is his email address. He is working to find common ground with
the opposition and to inform and educate legislators about how a bottle bill
can benefit our state.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Steve Edwards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="mailto:edwards-steve@sbcglobal.net">edwards-steve@sbcglobal.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The opposition is formidable, but not insurmountable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The legislative session begins in February and runs through May. We
need to build momentum and stay on task. We need your help!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Remember, it’s about </span></font><b><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Jim Bologna<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Site-Energy Manager<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Saint-Gobain Containers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Sapulpa</span></font></b></st1:City><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State></span></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>(918)227-5537 Office<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>(918)691-2192 Cell<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: okrecycles-bounces@recycleok.org
[mailto:okrecycles-bounces@recycleok.org] On Behalf Of Rood, Fenton<br>
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:20 AM<br>
To: Shields, Susie; OKRA list serv; OSN Sustainability List Serv <br>
Subject: Re: [OKRA] Bottle Bills Introduced</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Do not worry or spend much time studying the current language in the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>bills. These are shells that will be subject to significant change as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>negotiations proceed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>From: okrecycles-bounces@recycleok.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>[mailto:okrecycles-bounces@recycleok.org] On Behalf Of Shields, Susie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:32 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>To: OKRA list serv; OSN Sustainability List Serv <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Subject: [OKRA] Bottle Bills Introduced<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>In case you are interested, here is the text of the bottle bills that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>have been introduced at the State Capitol.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Bottle bill-House: http://www.ecapitol.net/ViewText.wcs?HB2916_INT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Bottle bill-Senate: http://www.ecapitol.net/ViewText.wcs?SB1896_INT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
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