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Message in a Bottle Bill
U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise |
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02 Mar 2005 |
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| Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise Plastic bottle recycling rates in the U.S. have plunged, at least in part because of the boom in sales of bottled water -- from some 3.3 billion bottles in 1997 to 15 billion in 2002. So, what to do? Some environmental activists argue that one of the most effective tools for pushing up recycling rates is a ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, recycling, United States, water pollution (all these topics) |
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