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Show What In It For you W Lower prices and a better environment can come from avoiding some legislation. Many have discovered that the much-touted "bottle-bill" "bottle-bill" requiring beverages to come in deposit cans and bottles can have an effect opposite to what its proponents pro-ponents claim. In Michigan, the most heavily populated state to implement the controversial law, consumers pay an average of 36 cents more per six pack for soft drinks and 30 cents more per six pack for beer than consumers con-sumers in Wisconsin, Indiana Indi-ana and Ohio. About 300 good jobs have been lost so far and many community recycling centers closed as a direct result of the bill. Since people create litter, and only people can solve it, many suggest alternatives to forced deposits. One is the program in the State of Washington which attacks all litter, not just bottles and cans. It requires litter bags in all cars and boats at You may be able to save when you shop if the country coun-try is saved from some laws. all times. Violators face a $10 fine. The law also requires re-quires all public places to provide litter receptacles that meet specifications making them uniform and easy to identify. Widespread signs on the highways reinforce rein-force an anti-litter ethic. This "people program" can pay off. The State has reported re-ported growth of a 27 million recycling industry and 1,000 new jobs. What's in it for you? A better looking neighborhood, neighbor-hood, rather than higher prices at the neighborhood store. |