BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- On Thursday, the New York Public Interest Research Group rallied support from Binghamton to Syracuse for New York's Returnable Container Act, better known as the "Bottle Bill."
The program requires a five cent deposit from customers on beer and soda containers.That deposit is then returned when the bottles are brought back to a redemption center.
The current program does not apply to water and juice bottles and supporters are asking the senate to include them.
A push to expand a state recycling bill. On Thursday, the New York Public Interest Research Group rallied support from Binghamton to Syracuse for New York's Returnable Container Act, better known as the "Bottle Bill."
"Because it doesn't carry that five cent deposit because these bottles don't have the incentive to recycle them, we do see them more often in the waste stream, we do see them in landfills at a much much higher rate than those beverage containers that do carry those deposits,” said Jeff Starr, B.U.’s NYPIRG project coordinator.
Unclaimed deposits would go back to a government environment program.