Show vl Utah State University Logan Utah October 8 1975 16 Pages Bottle law could help Utah by Valier Sagers “bottle bill” similar to that of Oregon’s would be beneficial to the state of Utah Paul McNutt Environmental Action chairman says However beverage companies and State Representative Charles Bullen don’t agree A f if f vt W i i' y xk Refuse refund make a nice hole in your foot” McNutt said McNutt bases his opinions on research done in a pamphlet “Oregon’s Bottle Bill and a book by J Tyler Miller “Living In Environment — Concept Pro blems and Alternatives” Since the bill was passed in Oregon 37 states are attempting to pass legislation for a similar law £?- - £- nrtfa'ifftinjfiifiWu ‘itfi Tn maira ' ' m togmMmeSHMi y ( sj'iffffffff '' '''y CiF ' 'tfo "w 'tfK's ' '' ' A "Bottle Law" similiar to Oregon's may help to decrease litter in Utah despite opposition from Representative Charles Bullen of Logan The controversial bill which has been in effect in Oregon since 1972 requires that a refund be paid to anyone representing a beverage bottle or can Pulltop cans are prohibited but cans with perforated tops are not “Have you ever stepped on one of those pull-tops- ? They can Law suit considered issue argued by students by Susan Ilodgsen The possibility of filing a com- plaint against the university for its “arbitrary prejudicial and discriminatory” handling of applications for residency was discussed Monday at the first meeting of the Student Committee on Residency (SCOR) students who feel Twenty-fiv- e that they have been unfairly denied residency met together to discuss what they could do about it Johnson present Nolan Johnson ASUSU president said that it is good that this kind of group action is happening ' “The process for getting residency is ambiguous” he said “A student may get it at one state institution and be denied it at another We need to get a decision once and for all on the requirements” Johnson suggested that the USU group tie up with similar groups at other institutions He said if (Utah Public Interest Research Group) gets started at the U of U as it is expected to that it might be a good group to work through “PIRG would have the money to take litigations like this to court” he said At this point SCOR doesn’t know if court procedings would be necessary It hopes that a large group of concerned students will form G Legal hassles “If enough of us get together the administration won’t be able to ignore us and hopefully this matter can be settled without getting involved in costly legal hassles” said a SCOR spokesman The process for obtaining residency and thereby paying intuistate rather than tion is to fill out an application and take it to Evan Sorenson director of admissions and records If Sorenson denies residency the student may go to the appeals board which is headed by Claude for Burtenshaw out-of-sta- vice-preside- nt te student affairs It is also unreasonable they Students at the meeting reportsay to expect a possible employed that the requirements for er to stick his neck out by signing residency this year are much a document assuring a student a tougher than they were in the job upon graduation The employer would then be past They said Sorenson requires legally bound by the document students to prove that they intend and may not know now if he or to remain in the state after they she would actually have a posihave finished their education He tion open for the student in two or has asked for such things as proof three years or the money to pay that the student owns lands in the the student state or a statement signed by a Those attending the meeting future employer assuring that reported the reasons they felt they will be employed in the state they had been unfairly denied when they are out of school residency Land expensive Asked if LDS Students point out that land ownership is unreasonable because they can barely pay the cost of their education much less buy land at an inflated rate One girl saTd she felt that she had met all of the requirements but was asked if she was a Mormon (to which she answered no) She said Sorenson then asked Oregon’s bill didn’t proHhlyhe use of cans and it a But because deposit necessary companies had to give a refund it was more profitable to charge a deposit and easier to use bottles What are the effects of the law in Oregon? McNutt was able to quote the conclusions of extensive research and study done through the help of soft drink and beer companies Oregon Liquor Commission State Highway Department Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Environmental didnTe Council Litter reduced if she would consider becoming a Mormon (to which she also an- Roadside litter in Oregon was 39 percent by piece count reduced swered no) She did not get 47 percent by volume Soft and residency drink and beer can litter dropped 83 percent The return rate on students that Other complained when they went to the appeals beer bottles went up to '95 perboard Burtenshaw seemed to cent and for soft drinks 96 make the decision of their status percent McNutt said Contrary to what one might single handedly without even think beer and soft drink sales board of the rest the consulting did not decrease he said Also Legal aid facilities are being their costs were actually lessenconsulted to see if they want to ed The bill caused an employment get involved with the Student increase of 365 fulltime jobs Committee on Residency McNutt said The recycling process saved The results of these consultawill action enough energy to provide home future and tions group for 50000 families he next heating the at discussed be meeting This is equivalent to 130 said 3:30 at next SCOR of Monday killowatt hours or $28 pm in the UC See On Campus million saved million informamore annually for week later this shown that the have “Studies tion chances of a beer can becoming litter is 16 times greater than that of a bottle Through this bill the use of cans has decreased” Logan City Utility deposit doubled to$40 by Dave Kingham That $40 deposit you’re paying to get the electricity and water turned on in your house or apartment is an example of the majority being penalized for the actions of a few Logan City Commissioner Ned Gines said The deposit is actually for electricity Gines said but is is also used to control water so if you don’t pay the deposit to have your electricity on you won’t gel any water either Deposit raised The deposit had to be raised from $20 to $40 because too many people were skipping out on large electric bills “We found that the $20 wouldn’t even cover one month’s bill” Gines said “With the large number of all electric homes being built monthly bills are running up to $90 and there are a number of times that we’ve been left holding the bag for over $160” he said The hike wasn’t aimed just at students Gines said “The fact is we probably have less trouble with students per capita than with others” Gines said “It’s too bad everybody has to be penalized because a few can’t' be trusted” Gines said “But we must protect ourselves and the deposit will be returned if all bills are paid” Gines also explained the new Logan City water rate schedule 8 months research The new rates which are a product of eight months of research and development are an effort to make everyone carry an equitable portion of the burden of paying for the water they use Gines said “Last year only about one third of the water used in Logan was paid for” Gines said “We had to put $150000 into the budget to McNutt said “The bill has no negative aspects Alot of people don’t understand it That would be where the opposition comes from” Bottlers opposed However the opposition comes from various bottlers and beverage companies Coca-Cola- 's Public Information Officer said “I don’t feel that ’I’d like to use that sort of language in front of a lady” when asked his opnion of the bill He said the bill would bring about an incredible expense for attempted a graduated rate that the consumer He said that a will make large commerical “bottle bill” would take freedom water users pay a larger more of choice out of the consumer’s equitable portion of the total hands “We’d quit putting out cans ii water costs than they have in the would quit buying them said Gines people past of bill is just a revenue-generatin- g sort This all the For multi-un- it dwellings units will pay a flat $250 fee one thing to balance out a of these being the water fee and budget he said "I’m tired of the rest being service charges for being accused of being ecologisuch things as fire and police cally irresponsible The people are the ones who buy the noprotection Gines said cans and bott“If for some reason the dwell- deposit If les 10000 went over the stop they’ll buying them gallon ing maximum and there really we’ll stop making them” should be no reason why they Hate to see law should then addition charges of A representative of Shasta said (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) make up the difference” The new ordinance has raised the rate for the average residential dwelling (lines of one inch from $150 to $250 a month but it has also raised the amount of water covered by this charge from 3000 to 10000 gallons a month The new ordinance has also oi-less- ) no-refu- nd |