"Today As You Sow and the Container Recycling
> Institute released a report
> card on the performance of major U.S. beverage
> companies on recycling and
> recycled content in their containers. They found
> that except for Coke and
> Pepsi, the industry gets poor or failing grades.
> 
> Sales of beverages, especially bottled water, are
> increasing, while
> recycling rates plummet. "Waste and Opportunity:
> U.S. Beverage Container
> Recycling Scorecard and Report," the result of a
> year of original research,
> evaluates use of recycled content in bottles by
> beverage companies and
> demonstrated commitment to container recovery
> efforts.
> 
> Another significant finding is that increasing the
> recycling rate could
> reduce greenhouse gases equivalent to taking 2
> million cars off the road.
> The industry opposes successful collection options
> like container deposit
> legislation but proposes nothing in its place, which
> is not a responsible
> corporate position.
> 
> The report, press release and executive summary can
> be found at
>
http://www.asyousow.org/sustainability/bev_survey.shtml
> and
>
http://www.container-recycling.org/publications/scorecard.htm"
> 
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