Recently, the debate surrounding the November ballot question in Massachusetts that proposes expanding the existing bottle deposit law has been heating up. The Valley Patriot in North Andover, Mass., recently published an editorial urging voters to vote “No” on the bill for numerous reasons - including the outdated nature of the bill:
“According to the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, nearly all Massachusetts towns already offer some type of recycling program. And, we already pay for them. Bottle deposits made sense 30 years ago, before we had widespread community recycling.”
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