'Coke and pepsi are trashing america'

摘要

This charge is levied by the Container Recycling Institute's executive director Pat Franklin as CRI launches an advertising campaign in the New York Times. "Coke and Pepsi waste from used aluminum cans, plastic, and glass bottles doubled between 1992 and 2000, according to industry data," says Franklin. "A financial incentive is urgently needed to reverse the decline in bottle and can recycling rates. Ten states with refundable deposits on beverage containers recycle more bottles and cans thant the other 40 states put together, at almost no cost to taxpayers," Franklin adds. "We've chosen to launch a new national campaign in New York City today because decisions here about handling beverage containers have national implications. New York State is one of ten states with a beverage container deposit law, popularly known as the bottle bill. Deposit laws achieve the highest rates of recycling in the nation-78% on average. Coke and Pepsi have fought these laws for more than 30 years, and want to roll back this sound environmental policy," Franklin says.