A can of beer from Big Grove Brewery sits littered on the ground.
Big Grove Brewery! Found a couple of yours on my last outing. Always nice to find local litter amongst all the tawdry Busch Lights. Will you support a better bottle bill to keep your garbage out of our roadsides and waterways?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill #iowabottlebill
A crumpled can of Budweiser beer with a patriotic design of stars and stripes featuring the word "Freedom" in large text sits littered on a bed of dry leaves and mud.
'murica-themed "Freedom" cans, crumpled and lying in the dirt.
These appear to be from a 2022 campaign by Budweiser.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill #iowabottlebill
A dozen or so beer cans strewn across dirt and leaves. In the background, the base of a bridge can be seen.
A sampling of beer cans chucked off a bridge over Ralston Creek near campus. If the deposit had kept up with inflation, you could redeem these and actually buy more beer instead of a gumball.
#bottlebill
A dented can of Pepsi sits littered on the ground, nestled in a bed of dry brown leaves.
Pepsi. Love ya, but don't want to see you in a wetland park. Will you support a national bottle bill to make sure your garbage gets where it belongs?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Foreground: a white plastic trash bag filled with cans and bottles. Through the plastic can be seen Great Value and Kirkland water bottle labels, among other bottles. Background: seated attendees at a legislative forum listen as a question is asked of the legislators.
My bag of cans and bottles collected right before this state legislative forum to show our bottle bill needs a boost. Probably 80% water bottles, not covered by our bottle bill. I can pick up the same bag in the same place a couple of times a month. Every month.
#bottlebill #betterbottlebill
"there’s been an 80% reduction in the number of redemption sites in the state since the law took effect, with only 500 operating today"
Imagine passing a law that allows 80% of businesses to just opt out of their responsibilities to their communities. Let's fix that.
#bottlebill #iowabottlebill
An empty plastic bottle of Great Value (Walmart) brand water sits littered on a bed of dry leaves and reeds. This and many other single-use beverage containers ended up in a stormwater basin like hundreds across Iowa City. Who cleans them up? Does all this plastic just get covered in silt and stay there forever?
One of 23 water bottles picked up at a local stormwater retention basin in just 30 minutes. Why do we tolerate Walmart, Costco, and other companies tossing their garbage all over our neighborhoods? These should be part of Iowa's bottle bill.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
A flimsy plastic water bottle, Kirkland brand (thanks Costco! Will you support a national bottle bill so people don't have to keep cleaning up your garbage?), littered on the ground.
A littered plastic water bottle, "Pure Life" brand, littered on the ground.
Litter of the day: a pair of water bottles picked up along a local trail.
Why doesn't Iowa's bottle bill cover these? Why do lawmakers think they should be treated differently than beer cans and pop bottles? Would I be picking up dozens of these a week if they had a ten-cent deposit?
#bottlebill
Beverage container recycling refunds are a proven policy tool for improving recycling collection and reducing litter at the source.
Show your 💖 for the Bottle Bill in the comments below!👇
#bottlebill #MDBottleBill #MDGA26 #RecyclingRefund #plasticpollution #litter
Iowa's Bottle Bill is in dire need of updating, but the legislature seems to think it's working fine.
My 2025 data begs to differ:
* 673 water bottles
* 447 beer cans
* 150 pop cans
* 234 shooters
* 120 beer bottles
* 98 energy drink cans
* 98 pop bottles
* 64 sports drink bottles
#bottlebill
Ten tiny glass bottles of Absolut, all picked up along a quarter-mile or so. They actually have a deposit, but imagine if it were a quarter, having kept up with inflation, instead of a paltry nickel.
You could buy another tiny glass bottle of Absolut with the proceeds.
#bottlebill
Nice summary of the recent committee half-hearted review of Iowa's 2022 changes to the bottle bill.
What's frustrating is that this is an obvious problem with a proved, tested solution...if only lawmakers have the will. There aren't many problems that are this simple to fix. #bottlebill
Thank you to our volunteers, supporters, and trash heroes for participating in our Q4 South Baltimore Brewery District Clean Up! We picked up 100s of littered beverage containers and food wrappers and will use the numbers to support our 2026 policy priorities for the MD General Assembly! #bottlebill
Crusted with frost, an empty plastic Gatorade bottle sits littered on the ground.
Gatorade. I picked up your garbage for you.
Why are your bottles not covered by the bottle bill in Iowa? We need a better bottle bill that includes sports drink, water, and other single-use beverage containers.
#bottlebill #iowabottlebill #nationalbottlebill
A slightly crumpled can of Barq's root beer sites littered on the ground.
Barq's! This is the very first can of yours I've picked up. Congrats, I guess.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
A littered water bottle, missing its label and top, sits littered on a wooden walkway next to tall grasses. Both bottle and grasses cast shadows against the wood.
Can you walk a mile without encountering a littered water bottle? I haven't managed yet.
The plastics/fossil fuel industry pollute our world in so many ways. What are they doing to help clean it up?
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
A dirty, crumpled, empty plastic water bottle, sans top and label, sits littered on a bed of dry, brown leaves.
I wonder what future archaeologists are going to think as they unearth billions of these from the sediment.
If only there were a way to prevent it....
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
On this, America Recycles Day, it's time to admit that America does not, in fact, recycle nearly as much as it pretends it does.
When our friends around the world recover and recycle almost twice as many cans as we do, we are failing.
But there's an easy fix.
#bottlebill #nationalbottlebill
Mixed cans and bottles swirl in a round tub in the early stages of sorting at the Can Shed's Iowa City location.
A large bin is filled to the brim with crushed aluminum cans, soon to be recycled, after being processed at the Can Shed's Iowa City facility.
Behind the scenes at the Can Shed's new Iowa City location, featuring a fabulously complex arrangement of sorting and processing machinery.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill #betterbottlebill
#nationalbottlebill
A littered shooter bottle of "Pickle Shot Spicy Pickle Vodka" rests on the ground in a bed of green and brown grass.
Always fun to find the latest...flavors? that the mobile boozers are enjoying.
#bottlebill
50 single-use beverage containers in 30 seconds, all picked up on a single morning walk.
We can do better.
#bottlebill
#iowabottlebill
#betterbottlebill
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Two aluminum cans side by side on the pavement. On the left is a Diet Coke, on the right Liquid Death Mountain Water.
An overhead view of the top of a Liquid Death water can, showing text embossed on the lid: ME NY HI 5¢ on one side of the tab and CTRV CA CRV OR 10¢
An overhead view of the top of a Diet Coke can, showing text embossed on the lid: ME VT MA NY HI IA 5¢ on one side of the tab and CTRV CA CRV OR MI 10¢
Two cans, both alike in dignity,
In fair Iowa, where we lay our scene...
Both aluminum. Both single-use beverage cans. But one has a deposit in IA, the other doesn't. How does that make sense? Let's fix our bottle bill to include water bottles and cans.
#bottlebill #betterbottlebill #iabottlebill
Advocates shared with the #13Investigates team that the closures are due to the handling fee not being updated in 15 years, and the need to expand the types of containers that can be recycled. #BottleBill #ModernizingBill @wnyt.bsky.social wnyt.com/top-stories/...
🥳 We’re #1! 📣
♻️ The @containerrecycling.bsky.social released their 2024 Redemption Rates Report.
💚 Thank YOU for redeeming & recycling your beverage containers with us! We’re proud to lead the nation for the 4th consecutive year.
#BottleBill #Oregon #SmallDepositBigReturn #Recycle #Redeem
CRI has released CY 2024 beverage container redemption rates for states w/deposit return systems (#DRS, aka #bottlebill). CT, after major program upgrades, saw its rate jump 21% in 1 yr. Only 1 other deposit state had an increase- NY, up 1%.
Just pass a #BottleBill! They work incredibly well in the 10 states that have them - creates a financial incentive for people to not litter, and high-quality feedstock for glass manufacturers that will make them want to build new infrastructure.
@oregonbottledrop.bsky.social reports (as of 5:30 PM) that 🚨 the bottle for Zone 3 has been found!
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🔎 6 bottles remain!
Clue 4 is now available: bottledrop.com/hunt/#clues
Good luck and happy hunting!
#HiddenBottleHunt #BottleDrop #Oregon #BottleBill #Nonprofit #TreasureHunt #HappyHunting
🔎 Let the Hunt begin! Our 2025 Hidden Bottle Hunt is LIVE.
Clue 1 just dropped: bottledrop.com/hunt/#clues
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see how this year's Hunt plays out! Good luck and happy hunting!
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