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Money Back For Water Bottles
Nationally, we go through more than 30 billion non-carbonated drinks every year (Photo by Lester Graham)
Most states don’t have bottle deposit laws to encourage people to return their empties. Only eleven states do. Now, some are expanding their recycling programs to include bottled water. Sadie Babits reports the states know requiring a deposit for the bottles will keep them from ending up in landfills:
Wikipedia's page on container-deposit legislation
Producer: Sadie Babits
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Running Time: 3:33