The GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN), Athens, Ga., takes its efforts in support of Senator Jim Jeffords' (Independent, Vermont) National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act (Senate Bill 2220) to the U.S. Capitol next week.
Senator Jeffords has scheduled a recycling hearing 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 11, in Room 406 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.
In anticipation of the hearing, GRRN is launching The New Pepsi-Coke Challenge in the nation's capitol. The New Pepsi- Coke Challenge asks average citizens whether Pepsi or Coke is better for the environment.
GRRN will be testing at different sites throughout the D.C. area. Twenty-five-foot Pepsi and Coke bottles will designate the test sites. Testers will ask residents a number of key questions, such as:
Which company has a solution for the 114 billion beverage containers
wasted every year in the U.S.?
Pepsi____ Coke_____ Neither___
Which company has pledged its support for Senate Bill 2220, Senator
Jeffords's National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act?
Pepsi____ Coke_____ Neither___
The results will be tabulated and distributed nationally.
Senate Bill 2220 sets an 80 percent container recovery standard for the industry, though it allows the industry the freedom to design the most efficient deposit-return program to meet the standard.
The GrassRoots Recycling Network is a North American network of waste reduction activists and professionals promoting producer responsibility and Zero Waste as critical elements of a sustainable economy.