We NEED a bottle deposit law!!!!!!

[Wcross]

Have you ever noticed how trashy our state is? Maybe if we can get people to understand that litter is not acceptable we will really start to see the beauty of our state.

[BlueManDude]

1. what are you - some liberal tree-hugger?

:hi:

[Wcross]

2. I just think our State needs to get a grip on the litter....

...my pink dogwood looks depressed, I need to give it a hug now!

[BlueManDude]

3. We got a "bottle bill" here in MA in what 1975?

Somewhere's around there. Funny thing, the recycling pickup in Boston is on Tuesday mornings. I put out my beer and soda bottles and before the city workers can even pick them up, homeless (I presume they are homeless?) guys with grocery carts come by and snatch all the bottles. Either way they get returned.

[hlthe2b]

4. Despite the convenience and relative safety of plastic, I wish we

required bottlers to use glass and recycle under a deposit. First of all, drinks taste better, IMO. I still firmly believe that plastic leaches and changes phosphoric acid or citric acid-containing softdrinks and other liquids over time.

[NashVegas]

5. I Wouldn't Mind It, BUT

There are already some recycling centers that will pay you for tin/aluminum cans.

People who are aware of this and know where to take them take advantage of the deal. So there is a "Volunteer State" aspect to it.

A bill would be great and make it easier to find distribution points, but I don't think it would do much about the idjits who dump their trash on the side of the road, anyway.

[wataugariver]

6. State taxes to recoup social cost of littering in Tennessee

Agreed --- I think that it is ironic that the State of Tennessee is now giving greater attention toward developing the state tourism industry all while not addressing the runaway problem of Tennessee trash. The Tennessee General Assembly should be utilizing various forums of deposit, cigarette, and "take out" food taxes in order to help curb littering in our state by funding some aggressive anti-littering law enforcement efforts at the local government level. Tennessee litter taxes should be collected from businesses (and their consumers) who are currently passing along the social costs associated with littering to all Tennesseans.

I believe that our TGA members should be giving some serious effort toward creating legislation that would require significant deposit taxes on all glass, plastic, and aluminum beverage containers. Broken glass from non-deposit bottles all too often ends up as jagged bits and broken shards scattered over Tennessee's sidewalks, roadways, and river bottoms.

Likewise, I believe that there should be an addition litter tax collected on all restaurant meals sold through fast-food" drive through windows" in order to encourage more restaurant customers to dine (and properly dispose of their trash) within these restaurants.

Cigarette litter is also a very significant statewide (if not worldwide) problem that is not yet being addressed by members of the Tennessee General Assembly --- I honestly do not believe that you can reasonably expect to walk ten feet over any public Tennessee sidewalk or trail and not run across a carelessly discarded cigarette butt.

I believe that the Tennessee cigarette tax should be restructured as to tax filtered cigarettes at a much higher rate than non-filtered cigarettes in an effort to help shift some of the current consumer demand for filtered cigarettes toward the non-filtered cigarettes. State Senator Kurita (1-800-449-8366, x.12374) and Senator Cohen (1-800-449-8366, x.14108) both currently have their own cigarette tax bills pending before the TGA --- perhaps you all could take advantage of their toll-free numbers and ask them to broaden the appeal of their cigarette tax bills by putting an environmental friendly tag on their cigarette tax bills.

Cigarette/fast-food litter legislation in Tennessee should also allow state and/or local law enforcement agencies to be reimbursed by the guilty for the cost of conducting fingerprint recovery and/or DNA tests used to successfully prosecute cigarette or fast-food littering investigations.

The Tennessee General Assembly should also consider "idle" taxes to be assessed on non-running or non-licensed automobiles, along with non-habitable (i.e. rusted-out or burn-out) mobile homes that can be viewed from any public roadway in Tennessee, excluding such items located within properly fenced and licenced junkyacds. These proposed collected tax revenues should be made available for local litter clean-up and to help low-income and/or elderly state residents to haul off these large items (such as non-running motor vehicles, old appliances. or burned out mobile homes) for proper recycling or disposal.

I would like you hear you all futher refine some of these ideas...

[Wcross]

7. Now your talking!

Great ideas. After the beer bottles/cans, fast food rubish is the most noticable litter around my place. I would like to see a dollar per order at the drive up window and all to go orders inside. You could get a refund if you returned all the packaging to any fast food outlet.
Also, a bottle & can deposit law could be run as they do it in other states.
I would suggest the funds collected from the program be given to county governments to hire additional sherrif's department employees so they can get inmates in the county jail out on the road cleaning up. I would also like to see people convicted of DWI to be sent out on litter clean up. I had a friend that had one and he just sat in jail for 72 hours reading a book.

[newyawker99]

9. Hi wataugariver!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[wataugariver]

8. Rivers anr creeks seem like popular dumping grounds, too...

I have two rivers running across the county where I live and it seems as thought too much trash that could otherwise be recycled or better disposed--- i.e. paper litter, cigarette butts, glass bottles. and plastic bottles --- ends up in our creeks and rivers.

[wataugariver]

10. Bill before Tennessee General Assembly may reduce litter piles

A couple of republicans within the Tennessee General Assembly are now putting forth a "Tennessee bottle law" that on the face seems to be prettty good except for the following observations:

• this proposed bill does not take into account metric volumes, and therefore, plastic two-liter beverage bottles (each being approximatery 67 ounces) would be excluded from this bottle tax proposal;
  
• milk in glass containers equal to or under under 64 ounces are currently being sold across the state of Tennessee, and;
  
• the proposed $0.05 deposit amount seems to be very low for the goal of reducing Tennessee beverage bottle litter across Tennessee --- I think that a dime ($0.10) per container would achieve more positive outcomes for litter control in Tennessee.
  
  

  Sunday, 04/10/05
  Proposed bill may reduce litter piles of bottles
  link.
  
  By CHARLES SEARCY For The Tennessean
  
  Mt. Juliet's Marge Davis is going to make a difference in this
  state, one that folks here will see in the future but may not
  recall who did it.
  
  Davis is a transplant from Maine and has adopted Tennessee since
  she first arrived in 1979. Her trips back and forth to Maine,
  plus the urging of her dad, have helped stir a desire to see the
  state's highways and byways cleaner.
  
  ''Maine has had a bottle bill for years and it shows,'' she
  said. ''It hurts to see my adopted state with the clutter along
  the roads. I believe there is no state that is more beautiful
  than Tennessee, and I want to devote my time to getting it
  cleaned up.''
  
  She said people have the tendency to police themselves after the
  so-called bottle bill gets through a legislature.
  
  ''People will put a bag in their vehicles to put trash in, not
  just strictly for bottles,'' she said. ''It helps get the
  clutter off the side of the roads.
  
  ''I believe it — the bottle bill — brings about a change in
  people's behavior.''
  
  The bill — Tennessee Deposit Beverage Container Recycling Act
  of 2005 — is proposed by Scenic Tennessee. It is now before the
  legislature and is sponsored by state Sen. Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge)
  and Rep. Russell Johnson (R-Loudon).
  
  mailto:[e-mail]
  mailto:[e-mail]
  
  Tennessee's proposed bill calls for a five-cent deposit to be
  placed on most glass, plastic and aluminum beverage containers
  for beer, soft drinks, water, juices, mineral water, teas, wine
  coolers and most other carbonated and non-carbonated beverages
  up to 64 ounces.
  
  Milk and other dairy products would not be included, nor would
  dietary supplements and a handful of other exceptions.
  
  The consumer pays the deposit at the point of purchase, then
  gets the deposit back when he returns the container either to an
  independent redemption center, retailer or reverse vending
  machine.
  
  Davis, who is currently writing a murder mystery, says she will
  be devoted full time to cleaning her adopted state once the book
  is finished.
  
  Davis can be reached at 758-8647 or [e-mail] or
  through the Tennessee Bottle Bill Project Web site,
  www.tnbottlebill.org.
  
  Charles Searcy covers outdoors for The Tennessean. Contact him
  at [e-mail].

  
  
  
  K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. • P.O. Box 1158 • Abingdon, VA 24212 • 276-623-5100
  
  The Virginia-based Food City supermarket chain had a company representative on Bristol WCYB-5 TV during the Tuesday April 12 news broadcast who was speaking out against the proposed Tennessee bottle deposit proposal saying (I am paraphrasing here) that Food City was against the proposal because a law requiring tidy supermarkets like Food City to facilitate the collection of beverage bottles returner by consumers for deposit would make the FoodCity stores "untidy".
  
  ...I wonder if this Food City rep actually recognizes that he made an admission on camera that businesses across (such as Food City) Tennessee are currently pushing a social cost (beverage bottle litter) onto all Tennesseans --- and that beverage bottle litter is making Tennessee extremely untidy?
  
  You can email and educate Food City about the problem of beverage bottle litter in Tennessee by either using the email form at the Food City web site or by send email to the following Food City email addresses found within the Food City web site source code:
  
  Contact Food City - web site email form
  mailto:[e-mail] Check Recovery - lunsfordb
  mailto:[e-mail] Food City Pharmacy - clarkd
  mailto:[e-mail] Food City Racing - adavid
  mailto:[e-mail] General Store Feedback - adavid
  mailto:[e-mail] HumanResources - batemank
  mailto:[e-mail] HumanResources - meadowsd
  mailto:[e-mail] Merchandising-Product Request - byrdr
  mailto:[e-mail] ValuCard - baumgardnert
  
  
  
  

[wataugariver]

11. Coca-Cola Cowboys within the Tennessee General Assembly

It seems as though some of these TNGA legislators are speaking out of both sides of their mouths on the issue of beverage container litter...

And just hom did the Tennessee Bottle Bill --- HB29 --- end up before this Local Government Subcommittee instead of being more properly filed within the Environment Committee???

Tennessee Beverage Container Litter Law
Beverage Litter...It's The Real Thing That You Are Hoping
Not To Find

Local Government "Coca-Cola" Subcommittee of S&L
35 Legislative Plaza
Virginia Adams, Committee Secretary
Lawrence Hall, Research Analyst
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 11997

Rep. Edith Langster, Chair
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/Members/h54.htm

D - Nashville, District 54 - Part of Davidson County
House member of the 99th through 104th General Assemblies
District Address
2423 Underwood Street
Nashville, TN 37208
Phone [phone]

Nashville Address
35 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0154
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 11997
Fax [phone]
Staff Contact: Virginia Adams

2004 Pre-General:
COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED EMPLOYEE COMMT. ON GOOD GOV
4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
10/13/2004
$200.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Randy Rinks, Vice-Chair
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h71.htm

D - Savannah, District 71 - Hardin, McNairy and part of Decatur counties
House member of the 97th through 104th General Assemblies
District Address
75 Spring Street
Savannah, TN 38372
Phone [phone]

Nashville Address
18 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0171
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 12007
Staff Contact: Connie Phelps

2004 Post-General
COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED EMPLOYEE COMMT. ON GOOD GOV
4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
11/19/2004
$500.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Harry Brooks
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h19.htm

R - Knoxville, District 19 - Part of Knox County
House member of the103rd and 104th General Assemblies
District Address
6600 Washington Pike
Knoxville, TN 37918

Nashville Address
207 War Memorial Building
Nashville, TN 37243-0119
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 16879
Fax [phone]
Staff Contact: Linda Bowers

2004 Pre-General
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC
P.O. BOX 723040
ATLANTA, GA 31139-0040
10/01/2004
$500.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Ulysses Jones
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h98.htm

D - Memphis, District 98 - Part of Shelby County
House member of the 95th through 104th General Assemblies
District Address
2158 Piedmont Avenue
Memphis, TN 38108
Phone [phone]

Nashville Address
35 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0198
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 14575
Fax [phone]
Staff Contact: Vanessa Cooper

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. EMPLOYEES PAC
P.O. BOX 723040
ATLANTA, GA 31139-0040
10/01/2004
$250.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

FRIENDS OF MCWHERTER CONTRIBUTION & EXPENSE ACCT.
P.O. BOX 30
DRESDEN, TN 38225
10/01/2004
$100.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Park Parky Strader
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h14.htm

R - Knoxville' District 14 - Part of Knox County
House member of the 104th General Assembly
District Address
8755 Hollingsfield Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37922

Nashville Address
214 War Memorial Building
Nashville, TN 37243-0114
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 12264
Fax [phone]
Staff Contact: Phyllis Piercy

REP. BROOKS, HARRY
8608 EMORY ROAD
CORRYTON, TN 37721
10/01/2004
$1,000.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Harry Tindell
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h13.htm

D-Knoxville, District 13 - Part of Knox County
House member of the 97th through 104th General Assemblies
District Address
P.O. Box 27325
Knoxville, TN 37927-7325
Phone [phone]

Nashville Address
33 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0113
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 12031
Staff Contact: Jessica Holland

2004 Post-General
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. EMPLOYEES PAC
P.O. BOX 723040
ATLANTA, GA 31139-0040
10/28/2004
$300.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Curry Todd
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h95.htm

R - Memphiis, District 95 - Part of Shelby County
District Address
House Member of the the 101st and 104th General Assemblies
891 Lancelot Circle
Collierville, TN 38017
Phone [phone]

Nashville Address
204 War Memorial Building
Nashville, TN 37243-0195
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 11866
Fax [phone]
Staff Contact: Betty Melton

2004 Pre-General
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. EMPLOYEES PAC
P.O. BOX 723040
ATLANTA, GA 31139-0040
10/22/2004
$200.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Ben West
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h60.htm">http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h60.htm

D - Hermitage, District 60 - Part of Davidson County
Donelson, Hermitage, Antioch, and Cane Ridge Communities
House member of the 94th through 104th General Assemblies
District Address
4013 Port Cleburne Lane
Hermitage, TN 37076
Phone [phone]

Nashville Address
37 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0160
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 16959
Fax [phone]
Staff Contact: Debra Julianna

2004 Pre-General
COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED EMPLOYEE COMMT. ON GOOD GOV
4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
10/13/2004
$300.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Eddie Yokley
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h11.htm

D - Greeneville, District 11 - Cocke and part of Greene counties
House member of the 103rd and the 104th General Assemblies
District Address
1046 Old Kentucky Road, South
Greeneville, TN 37743

Nashville Address
35 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0111
Phone [phone]
TOLL FREE: 1-800-449-8366 x. 16871
Fax [phone]
Staff Contact: Mary Langston

2004 Pre-General
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. EMPLOYEES PAC
P.O. BOX 723040
ATLANTA, GA 31139-0040
10/07/2004
$200.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. Russell Johnson, Tennessee Bottle Bill (House Bill No. 29) Sponsor
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h21.htm

R - Loudon District 21 - Parts of Loudon and Monroe counties
District Address
P.O. Box 31
Loudon, TN 37774
Phone [phone]

Nashville Address
217 War Memorial Building
Nashville, TN 37243-0121
Phone [phone]
Staff Contact: Rochelle Frazier

RUSSELL JOHNSON
2004 Pre-Primary:

ANDERSON, BETTY T.
2033 LOMBARDY AVE.
NASHVILLE, TN 37215
01/13/2004
$200.00 Monetary Contribution
For primary election

RUSSELL JOHNSON
2004 Pre-General:

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. EMPLOYEES PAC
P.O. BOX 723040
ATLANTA, GA 31139-0040
10/20/2004
$250.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

Rep. James O. Jimmy Naifeh, Tennessee House Speaker
[e-mail]



http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h81.htm

D - Covington, District 81 - Haywood and part of Tipton counties
District Address
P.O. Box 97
Covington, TN 38019
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]

Nashville Address
19 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243-0181
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
Staff Contacts: Reta Adams, Burney Durham, Doris Holt, Bertha Walker, Jeremy Maxwell

JIMMY NAIFEH
2004 Pre-General

COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED EMPLOYEE COMMT. ON GOOD GOV
4100 COCA-COLA PLAZA
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
10/21/2004
$500.00 Monetary Contribution
For general election

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/tncamp/search.jsp">Tennessee Online Campaign Finance (Search Form)
(capitalize all lettels in the TOCF Search field: EXAMPLE)