CRI’s Comments on the NYSP2I “Impact Study of NYS Bottle Bill Expansion
CRI has undertaken a limited review of RIT’s “Impact Study of NYS Bottle Bill Expansion” (Nov. 2019), which assesses economic impacts on various stakeholders if glass liquor and wine bottles (excluding plastic and aluminum containers) were to be covered by a deposit. Download PDF [PDF, 874KB]
“International Embrace” by CRI President Susan Collins (Plastics Recycling Update) – Winter 2020
Over the past several years, container deposit programs have been adopted at a rapid rate in nations across the globe. What’s pushing the trend? And is it a preview of things to come in the U.S.? Download PDF [PDF, 908KB]
Exploring refillables in the United States – April 2021
Long before one-way beverage bottles and cans came to dominate drink packaging in the mid-20th century,1 refillables were how Americans—and people around the world—consumed beer, soft drinks, and milk. Download PDF [PDF, 1MB]
Comparative Table of Container Deposit States Inclusion of Cider in Respective Container Deposit Laws – July 2015
Comprehensive list of Container Deposit States that do include Cider in their container deposit laws.Download PDF
Integrity of California’s Beverage Container Deposit System Threatened by Processing Payment Shortfalls – Report (Updated: April 2016)
Declining scrap prices coupled with problematic compensation formulas have produced processing payment shortfalls that have already forced the closure of more than 400 redemption centers in California, posing a serious threat to the state’s beverage container recycling infrastructure and sharply constricting consumers’ ability to recover the CRV (container refund value) to which they are entitled.Download […]
BC Case Study: The Environmental and Economic Performance of Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling in British Columbia, Canada – August 2015
The Container Recycling Institute (CRI) undertook this case study of British Columbia’s container deposit-refund law (CDL) for two reasons: first, to expand CRI’s existing body of research on best practices for the recovery and quality recycling of packaging materials; and second, to investigate recent increases in container recycling fees (CRF) in the province, especially for […]
Understanding Delaware’s Universal Recycling Law (February 2015)
The American Beverage Association (ABA) recently released an “Issue Analysis” which examines the impacts of Delaware’s new Universal Recycling Law, implemented in 2011. The Container Recycling Institute (CRI) has prepared this fact sheet to provide additional information not currently presented in ABA’s analysis.Download PDF
Estimating Beverage Container Litter Quantities and Cleanup Costs in Michigan – April 2015
This paper looks at litter cleanup efforts and associated costs in Michigan, and attempts to determine the proportion of litter composed of discarded beverage containers.Download PDF
Processing Payment Shortfall FactSheet (Updated: April 2016)
Though it would require a statutory change, CRI recommends that the processing payment calculation method be reevaluated to protect the solvency of the recycling centers upon which the California beverage container recycling infrastructure depends.Download PDF [PDF, 310KB]
Beverage Container Recycling Rate March 2015 Update
Listing of Beverage Container Recycling Rates by State for Deposit Containers Only.Download PDF