To: The Texas State House and The Texas State Senate
Make the Litter Bugs Pay to Clean up Texas
Please enact REFUNDABLE DEPOSITS on beverage containers. This would ensure cleaner waters and lands for Texas. In addition, it would mean the person who litters pays the price, not the rest of us Texans.
Why is this important?
Currently ALL Texans pay a price to clean up litter from our parks and waterways, but only some Texans litter. NOT fair! If Texas placed a 5 cent DEPOSIT on the purchase of each beverage container (plastic bottle, aluminum can, or glass bottle) then we would dramatically reduce the number of empty containers littering Texas’ rivers and land. Then if a purchaser pitched their beverage container on the ground (instead of taking it in to redeem the 5 cent deposit) someone else can pick it up and claim that money! Learn more at www.TexasBottleBill.com.