Environmental activists have succeeded in getting a question on the November ballot to expand the state's bottle bill to include nickel deposits on not just soda and beer containers, but on bottled water, juice and sports drinks too — but opponents are promising a fight.
Secretary of State William Galvin yesterday said the proposal to expand the bottle bill will be the second question on the Nov. 4 ballot after activists failed to convince legislators to simply pass a new law — something they have spent more than two decades lobbying for on Beacon Hill.
George Bachrach, president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, said 70 percent of redeemable bottles are redeemed and recycled, whereas only 30 percent of other bottles are recycled.
If voters expand the bill, "there's no cost to the consumer; everyone gets their nickel back," Backrach said, "and we end up with cleaner roads and cleaner parks."
But opponents say the measure is unnecessary because 90 percent of Bay State households already have access to some type of community recycling program, and it would add $60 million a year in collection and handling costs — money they say would trickle down to the consumer.
"We're going to run a campaign that's statewide and highly visible," Nicole Giambusso, a spokeswoman for Comprehensive Recycling Works, a group that opposes expanding the bottle bill, said, declining to specify how much the coalition intends to spend. "We definitely want to get our message out that there's a better way to recycle."
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