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Updated May 14, 2008 NY proposes stricter oversight of doctors List compiles '10 plagues of the subway' Groups say companies may violate NY campaign giving limits 3 into 1 for MTA as it unites bus lines Now we’re (bed)bugged in subway State watch for 2 percent of doctors Click here to visit the news archive
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Over the past 25 years more than 90 billion bottles and cans have been returned and recycled through the bottle bill. More than six million tons of plastic, glass and metal have been kept out of our landfills and incinerators. There is less litter and broken glass in our streets, parks, playgrounds and beaches, making them safer, cleaner, and more attractive. NYPIRG is now spearheading a statewide campaign to update and improve New York’s bottle bill. More than 600 groups, businesses, and local governments support the “Bigger Better Bottle Bill,” which would MORE... |
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2007 marked the 25th anniversary of New York’s Returnable Container Act, better known as the Bottle Bill. Passed in 1982, the bottle bill, which requires
a 5-cent refundable deposit on beer and soda containers sold in New York, has been New York's most successful recycling and litter prevention program.