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Budget and Spending: Potential Effects of a National Mandatory Deposit on Beverage Containers: PAD-78-19

Budget and Spending: Potential Effects of a National Mandatory Deposit on Beverage Containers: PAD-78-19

U. S. Government Accountability Office (G

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1287194176
ISBN13: 9781287194170
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: May 16 2013
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Proposals have been introduced in Congress since 1970 to require refundable deposits on all beverage containers in order to reduce litter and waste. A mandatory deposit system would change the national beverage system from about 25 percent to 100 percent deposit containers.

Some changes expected to result from required deposits on beverage containers are: reductions in litter and solid waste; a rise in empty container handling costs for retailers, wholesalers, and beverage producers; and increased income for industry due to failure of consumers to return all containers. Changes which would be dependent on the number of new containers manufactured are reductions in raw material consumption, energy use, and system costs for containers, and increases in system costs for using more refillable bottles. There would be increases in capital and labor costs, but these would be more than offset by the decrease in new container purchases and retained deposits. After the initial capital costs, there would be a considerable decrease in costs. There would probably be decreases in bottle production which would cause job losses, but these would be offset by increased employment in beverage industries and retail stores.

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