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- LETTERS, Page 6Returns from Recycling
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- An estimated 98% of the materials used by the growing
- plastics-recycling industry (BUSINESS, May 22) come from
- plastic bottles provided by the few states that have mandatory
- beverage-container deposit laws. Where there are deposit laws
- in place, 70% to 95% of containers are returned. However, the
- majority of states continue to lack an effective and efficient
- collection system. Until the U.S. has a national law, the
- growth in the plastics-, aluminum- and glass-recycling
- industries will be severely limited. We are sponsoring a
- national beverage-container deposit law. This legislation would
- boost recycling, reduce litter, create some 100,000 new jobs,
- ease burdens on landfills, decrease pollution, save energy and
- conserve natural resources.
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- Paul B. Henry, U.S. Representative, Fifth District,
- Michigan Mark O. Hatfield, U.S. Senator, Oregon James
- M. Jeffords, U.S. Senator, Vermont Washington
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