Senate Resolution 110 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  BOLKCOM
  1  3 A Resolution requesting that the
  1  4    legislative council create a study committee
  1  5    relating to beverage container laws.
  1  6    WHEREAS, there is significant support for making
  1  7 recycling and environmental concerns a top priority
  1  8 for the state of Iowa; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, beverage container deposits decrease
  1 10 littering; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, using recycled beverage containers rather
  1 12 than new materials in the production of beverage
  1 13 containers reduces greenhouse gas emissions; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, although under Iowa's current beverage
  1 15 container deposit law approximately 1,900,000,000
  1 16 containers are eligible for redemption, nearly
  1 17 335,000,000 additional containers for beverages such
  1 18 as water, tea, sport, and fruit drinks could be
  1 19 covered by the law; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, while Iowa's current beverage container
  1 21 deposit law has a redemption rate of 86 percent, a
  1 22 recent Des Moines Register survey found that 62
  1 23 percent of Iowans support an expansion of the law to
  1 24 include other types of containers; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, the reimbursement amount to redemption
  1 26 centers of 1 cent per empty beverage container has not
  1 27 changed since the law's inception; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 28    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the legislative
  1 29 council is requested to establish an interim study
  1 30 committee to identify feasible proposals for the
  2  1 expansion of Iowa's beverage container deposit law,
  2  2 recognizing the need to increase recycling rates,
  2  3 raise reimbursements to redemption centers, expand the
  2  4 number of containers covered, and provide funding for
  2  5 natural resources.  The interim study committee shall
  2  6 work cooperatively with interested persons to develop
  2  7 a consensus approach to the law's expansion.
  2  8 LSB 6560SS 82
  2  9 tw/rj/8