Community Update

                                             SIGN
TO UPDATE THE BOTTLE BILL

For 13  years now there has been a statewide effort to
update the Massachusetts bottle deposit law. Presently, a deposit is charged on
carbonated drinks. Other beverages such as water, fruit drinks and sports
drinks have been exempt. This leads to a huge litter problem.  It is has been estimated the up to 85% of
roadside container litter consists of these non-deposit bottles. Cities and
towns shoulder a hefty cost to remove discarded bottles from parks and street sides. 

After years of failed effort to get the Massachusetts legislature to add a
deposit requirement for these exempt bottles a broad coalition* has launched a
petition drive to put the Updated Bottle Bill on ballot.

We have
until October 3 to collect 100,000 signatures. If you would like to sign or
help collect** signatures please contact: Kurt Buermann (SFOC President) 

kurtb7@juno.com  

781-784-4625

For more
information about the Updated Bottle Bill petition please visit:

http://www.sierraclubmass.org/issues/conservation/ubb/ubb_home.html

 * 90 organizations, led by
MASSPIRG, the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, the Environmental League
of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Sierra Club, and including the Charles
River Conservancy, Mass. Audubon Society, and many more.

** You must use an original petition form. We cannot use
“Xerox” copies. If you contact me I will supply you with the forms.