71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                       House Resolution 2
 
Sponsored by Representatives SIMMONS, STARR
 
 
  Whereas Oregon's Bottle Bill, enacted as House Bill 1036 by the
Fifty-sixth Legislative Assembly and signed into law by Governor
Tom McCall, has allowed Oregonians to enjoy a cleaner environment
by creating an incentive for users of certain beverage containers
to recycle those used containers; and
  Whereas prior to passage of the Bottle Bill in 1971, beverage
containers made up as much as 40 percent of roadside litter in
Oregon, but by 1979, beverage containers made up only 6 percent
of roadside litter; and
  Whereas by 1988 beverage container return rates in Oregon were
calculated at about 93 percent; and
  Whereas recycling programs in Oregon, including the Bottle
Bill, have resulted in a statewide municipal solid waste recovery
rate of 38 percent; now, therefore,
 
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Oregon:
 
  That we, the members of the House of Representatives of the
Seventy-first Legislative Assembly, commemorate the passage of
this landmark legislation on its 30th anniversary and rededicate
our efforts to ensuring a cleaner Oregon.
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                                  Adopted by House May 2, 2001
 
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                                      Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                        Speaker of House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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