When people have an incentive to recycle, they are more likely to do it. Bottle deposit laws should be kept on the books, because not only does the encourage recycling, but help clean up the environment. Mandatory laws like bottle deposit programs are not the solution to increasing recycling rates. Rather, there should be a more extensive curbside recycling programs and voluntary consumer initiatives. Also, bottle deposit laws only function to recycle a small portion of products, as opposed to curbside recycling that gathers most plastic, aluminum, glass, and paper.
Recyclable items consist of aluminum, glass, paper, rubber, and some petroleum products.
In 1998 about 63 percent of all aluminum cans were recycled out of 102 billion produced. There were 9 billion pounds of aluminum recycled in 1998 and 2 billion came from beverage cans such as soda and beer cans. This speech reviews recycling techniques and advocates the use of the bottle bill as the most successful way to improve recycling rates. Examines a decrease in recycling and explores options that might increase recycling items and reduce waste. An organization created in 1953 with the goal of keeping the environment and individual communities clean.