Thanks to the effort of MUCC and conservationists throughout the state, the Michigan "Bottle Bill" (Initiatied Law 1 of 1976, MCL 445.571-576) was passed in 1976. This law placed a deposit on pop and beer cans/bottles. The law has produced dramatic results. Ninety-seven percent of all pop and beer cans/ bottles are recycled in Michigan because of our high redemption rates. Beer and pop cans have disappeared from our roadsides, rivers and streams. New jobs have been produced and energy has been saved.
It is time for another citizen effort to add water and other non-carbonated beverages to the Bottle Law.
For more information, please visit http://www.mucc.org.
Thanks to the effort of MUCC and conservationists throughout the state, the Michigan "Bottle Bill" (Initiatied Law 1 of 1976, MCL 445.571-576) was passed in 1976. This law placed a deposit on pop and beer cans/bottles. The law has produced dramatic results. Ninety-seven percent of all pop and beer cans/ bottles are recycled in Michigan because of our high redemption rates. Beer and pop cans have disappeared from our roadsides, rivers and streams. New jobs have been produced and energy has been saved.
It is time for another citizen effort to add water and other non-carbonated beverages to the Bottle Law.
For more information, please visit http://www.mucc.org.
We the undersigned, support expanding the Michigan %u201CBottle Bill%u201D law (Initiated Law 1 of 1976, MCL 445.571-576) to include water bottles and other non-carbonated beverage containers.
We signed the "Expanding Michigan's Bottle Bill" petition!
# 678:
8:33 pm PDT, Aug 15,Robert Hebblewhite, Michigan
Live in Oceana County.
# 677:
2:19 pm PDT, Aug 14,Nina Hill, Michigan
I recently moved to Washtenaw County, MI from another state that does not have a bottle law. I am pleased that Michigan citizens and conservation groups work with legistlators to conserve and protect our beautiful resources.
# 676:
10:28 am PDT, Aug 14,Tamera Huntley, Michigan
# 675:
11:48 am PDT, Aug 13,Robert Folkerts, Michigan
# 674:
12:28 pm PDT, Aug 12,Rick Carr, Michigan
Washtenaw County
# 673:
7:45 am PDT, Aug 12,Shana Altus, Michigan
it just makes $ense!
# 672:
6:38 am PDT, Aug 12,Mary Elizabeth Nichols, Michigan
I thankfully live in beautiful Mackinac County!
# 671:
2:35 pm PDT, Aug 7,Name not displayed, Michigan
Genesee
# 670:
12:54 pm PDT, Aug 7,Dana Thomas, Michigan
I live in St. Clair County and go to school in Wayne County.
# 669:
9:31 am PDT, Aug 7,Paul Benner, Michigan
Society has changed their habits the past 30 years. Today water and sport drinks are very popular. Unfortunately the bottles do not always make it into the trash. The original Bill did a great service at keeping Michigan clean of soda cans and bottles. This expansion is needed.
# 668:
8:27 am PDT, Aug 7,Hugh Lockhart, Michigan
Ten cents is still enough to motivate us to pick up the bottle and return it to the store. The bottle bill was always about not littering, never about recycling. I am a resident of Ingham county, zip code 48842
# 667:
1:24 pm PDT, Aug 6,Jim Phillips, California
Glad to see that Michigan has done well with the bottle bill for the past few years. Now is a good time to expand the bill to help keep Michigan a beautiful State that it is. Past resident of Wayne county.
# 666:
12:43 pm PDT, Aug 6,Todd Scott, Michigan
Oakland County
# 665:
9:39 am PDT, Aug 6,Lynne Zienert, Michigan
# 664:
6:38 am PDT, Aug 6,Marie Jensen, Michigan
I am proud to be a citizen of Michigan. This is mainly because we are in the forefront of environmental action. We need to expand our bottle law to include all types of bottles to keep them out of the landfill and off our roads. I can immediately tell when I am on the interstate if I have driven into a state that has no bottle law, because their roads are littered with bottles. Let us be responsible citizens and good to our planet. Think globally, act locally. Thank you.
# 663:
7:51 pm PDT, Aug 4,Brian Jamison, Michigan
# 662:
4:20 pm PDT, Aug 4,Megan Wheeler, Michigan
Ingham County
# 661:
8:58 am PDT, Aug 4,Rodger Coates, Michigan
Kent
# 660:
7:39 am PDT, Aug 4,Jane Wolf, Michigan
I am on the road a lot and see all the water bottles on the road. How sad they are there. We need this bill to pass to clean up the state and to save our natural resources.
# 659:
6:49 am PDT, Aug 4,Jeremy Suhy, Michigan
Ottawa
# 658:
4:48 am PDT, Aug 4,Gregory Hartsock, Michigan
Mecosta County
# 657:
6:54 pm PDT, Aug 3,Douglas Buys, Michigan
Ottawa County
# 656:
11:41 am PDT, Aug 3,Todd St. John, Michigan
Oakland (Primary) and Montmorency (Secondary).
# 655:
1:09 pm PDT, Aug 2,Kevin George, Michigan
Regardless of the substance inside, a bottle can be recycled and reused in a proactive manner rather than contributing to the ever growing landfills.
# 654:
5:59 am PDT, Aug 1,Kristen Schmitt, Michigan
Plastic trash is becoming a huge problem - I think this bill would be an important step in combating some of this waste.
# 653:
11:22 am PDT, Jul 31,Ronald Trzcinski, Michigan
Lapeer
# 652:
9:17 am PDT, Jul 30,Thomas Bondy, Michigan
Wayne
# 651:
4:32 pm PDT, Jul 29,Katie Lonc, Michigan
Macomb County
