Dahl's stores have petitions and are handing out fliers that shout, "Your grocery store is not a garbage dump!"  
 
The flier incorrectly states that Iowa's law directs consumers to take millions of dirty, contaminated beverage containers to their supermarkets every week.

The law has *never* required grocery stores to redeem bottles and cans.  All the store has to do is identify a redemption center where consumers can return their bottles and cans.

It is not surprising to note that the grocery association is using the same tactics that are being used at the national level to push legislation through -- by using the terrorist threats and health threats of the past few months.

Personally, I am more concerned about packages of raw chicken that are scanned over the same scanner where apples and pears are weighed.

Jane Clark