All-bottles system spurs controversy.(Brief Article)

Plastics News,  November, 2000  by Toloken, Steve

Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., bottle, industry, Mesa, PET

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WASHINGTON -- To combat falling recycling rates, the plastics industry has decided to trumpet what is known as the "all-bottles" approach to municipal collection. The industry says it's a cheap way to get more recycling from existing curbside programs without government mandates and bottle bills, and some cities report positive results.

But some environmentalists and other city officials question whether it can collect enough plastic to make a dent in the problem, and a city official in Napa, Calif., accused plastics officials of ignoring his concerns when they analyzed ...

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