Comments on: Lawsuit Filed Against N.Y. Bottle Bill

By: Lawsuit Loans

Lawsuit Loans — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:01:37 +0000

I am praying of those who get passed and disappointed too

By: Law Suit Loans

Law Suit Loans — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:10:54 +0000

I am disappointed to learn that Bobby Kennedy Jr. is opposing a law that hundreds of environmental groups worked for years to get passed in New York.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:38:56 +0000

Can someone tell why there isn’t a deposit on ALL bottles, like Snapple, last time I checked a plastic bottle is a plastic bottle. And what about all the product that gets shipped from NJ with no deposit ? Stealing from the state and taking good jobs from local beverage workers, good job again NYS!!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:04:12 +0000

This strikes me as yet another gigantic failure of the NYS Legislature. The bill was handed to them by lobbyists, and they drank it up and passed it on. NYer’s like myself have been waiting for years for a comprehensive bottle bill, and the Leg. dropped the ball yet again…pathetic.

By: Bottles

Bottles — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:01:59 +0000

Dear Chuck,

I am finding it hard to swallow that Mr. Kennedy is in support of Bottle Bills after reading his comments over the past week. He accuses a Bottle Bill of taking funds from curbside when actually the two programs work best in conjunction with each other. The curbside program that takes my recycling strongly supports the Bottle Bill.

The reason some containers are excluded from BBBB is because there are too many beverage companies that take actions, such as this lawsuit, making it difficult to pass this type of legislation; this forces lawmakers to take these type of excluding actions. If the bottlers were more agreeable & willing to recycle, we could include all containers without such opposition, as it should be.

The environmental efforts of NYS ARE supposed to be benefitted by the BBBB & it’s unclaimed deposits being turned over to the State, something that isn’t currently happening.

The unfortunate reality is that BK has personal financial interests at stake that take priority over his attempt at an “environmental advocate” image, I for one am disappointed by his actions.

By: Chuck or Don't Chuck

Chuck or Don't Chuck — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:41:05 +0000

Hi Laura and David,

I’ve been following this for a while. Bobby Kennedy (and Nestle Waters for that matter) aren’t opposed to the bottle bill at all. What they’re saying is that NY needs a bottle bill that makes sense. Why are sports drinks and non-carb sugar water being excluded when they come in the same PET plastic bottle?

More importantly, as the bill is currently written, the money that is raised by the unclaimed deposits is going off into the netherworld of state budgets. Both BK and NW are saying that those funds should directly benefit environmental efforts in NY state – more recycling – which makes perfect sense. If the goal of the bill is really to protect the environment (vs. just raise money for pork projects and staff salaries), then the backend of the bill should walk the talk.

With both of those considerations, I’m sure they would be aboard. The lawsuit seems like just a device for them to make that point public.

I, for one, am encouraged by Nestle/Poland Spring’s fairly radical stance on support of smart bottle bills, as opposed to what you see from the other beverage companies out there.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:32:04 +0000

Manufacturers need to get the point that consumers are not dumping grounds for their waste products. They should be required to either use recycled material or take back their packaging and used products. It so, they’ll use their own brain power to come up with a better way to produce and package their products so that the waste is significantly reduced.

By: Settlement Loans

Settlement Loans — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:28:16 +0000

Enviromentalist always work years to get certain bills pass; as a prime example did you know that 32% of all recycled items end up in the trash dump anyways? This is because their is no one to buy the recycled material. There needs to be a fine line between what is good for the enviroment and good for the economy.

By: David

David — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:55:53 +0000

I’m not sure what there saying here, whether they want all the bottles including flavor water, teas, juices, and sports drinks to have a deposit on them. or if they just don’t want to comply with the new law.

By: Laura Haight

Laura Haight — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:49:14 +0000

It is deeply disappointing to learn that Bobby Kennedy Jr. is opposing a law that hundreds of environmental groups worked for years to get passed in New York.