• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Politics / Govt / Legislators want to change bottle bill

Legislators want to change bottle bill

February 13, 2001 By admin

A new twist for the so-called “bottle bill.” Iowa’s five-cent bottle deposit law covers many aluminum, plastic and glass containers, but not all. A coalition is pressing to have more drink containers covered, Some legislators, though, want Iowans to recycle their cans and bottles at a recycling center, not the grocery store.Representative Bob Brunkhorst, a republican from Waverly, says storeowners are tired of people bringing in dirty cans and bottles. Brunkhorst admits there aren’t enough recycling centers in Iowa, now, to take your cans and bottles. He says there are 100 redemption centers and 60 recycling centers. He says they want 400 redemption centers and another 100 recycling centers.Brunkhorst and others propose a four-year phase-in to the new way of recycling your bottles and cans using grants. Former Governor Terry Branstad says today, 90 percent of cans and bottles are recycled in Iowa, because of the deposit law. He opposes wholesale changes in the law.Branstad says the plans sound attractive, but they haven’t proved as successful as Iowa’s current plan when used in other states.Branstad is a leader in the “bottle bill” coalition pressing to have more drink containers covered by the five-cent deposit. Others, like Fareway employees, flooded the capitol today to ask lawmakers to get rid of the current law, as it puts piles of dirty cans in their stores.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Legislature, Terry Branstad

Featured Stories

Speakers at trooper’s funeral describe Sgt. Smith as selfless, man of faith

Iowa unlikely to join 26 states with hands-free driving laws

Reynolds says Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause manageable

Iowa State Patrol tactical team leader killed in Grundy Center stand-off

Finalists chosen for the state’s top burger

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Drake elevates Pohlman to head women’s basketball coach

New title sponsor for Des Moines Marathon

Iowa State adds Minnesota transfer

Cedar Rapids preparing for big return of sports events

Iowa Games returning with full slate of sports

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC