Comments on: Bottle deposit reform could add $200 million to NY’s coffers

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:36:14 +0000

Its silly , the bottle deposits, folks who put bottles in the trash are subsidizing wasters, eliminate the laws, folks are recycling now, we can’t eliminate every behavior,

By: Pin-up winemakers, smashed shiraz, a map, WBC – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:21:09 +0000

[...] SIPPED: deposits Massachusetts may expand its bottle deposit program to include more beverages. If they were really serious about encouraging recycling, they’d raise the rate too. [...]

By: Is Pennsylvania finally taking aim at the PLCB? | Dr Vino's wine blog

Is Pennsylvania finally taking aim at the PLCB? | Dr Vino's wine blog — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:40:50 +0000

[...] As we discussed last year, privatization can be botched. Indeed, Iowa and West Virginia got less than the early estimates in their privatizations. From a public policy perspective, it’s crucial to rein in the windfall estimates and not to give away decades of future profits. So state officials should temper their hopes for a one-time profit buy auctioning licenses for shorter terms rather than longer given the weak state of the economy now. (If Pennsylvania authorities do decide to auction off liquor licenses, they should consider doing so in Hong Kong to get four times the going rate stateside.) Also, they could consider scaling license fees as a percentage of revenue to make it more accessible for small business owners. And adding a bottle deposit would add hundreds of millions to the state’s coffers, as I estimated a reform could add $200 million to New York’s treasury. [...]

By: Wine bottle deposits come to Arizona (poll) | Dr Vino's wine blog

Wine bottle deposits come to Arizona (poll) | Dr Vino's wine blog — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:22:29 +0000

[...] No, it’s not as if officials Arizona have implemented a bottle deposit law that would increase recycling and/or reuse while raising millions of dollars for state coffers. [...]

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:38:46 +0000

Sounds like a plan that can go to other states as well and be beneficial for the environment.

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By: SOLVING BUDGET PROBLEMS WITH WINE

SOLVING BUDGET PROBLEMS WITH WINE — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:03:11 +0000

[...] means the state would have collected $74.4 million! And that’s for only a 5 cent deposit. Dr. Vino’s Wine Blog recommends raising that deposit to 10 or 20 cents with the possibility of adding up to $200 million [...]

By: Cat X

Cat X — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:09:19 +0000

This is a great idea! Washington state doesn’t have a deposit system and my neighborhood doesn’t even have glass recycling. A recent festival had a whole group of wineries just dumping their bottles. This is not a fee–it’s an incentive and it benefits people two ways: they get cash back if they recycle, and if they are too lazy to do it themselves, the state gets the unclaimed funds. Sounds win/win to me.

By: bob bates

bob bates — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:10:58 +0000

Why do we not tax bloggers for every mundane word they write – The best way to reduce budget deficits is to stop spending – between fees, taxes,mandated expenses anyone earning over $160,000 will pay over 50% of their income fo some govermentptogram.

Stop and think next there will be a fee on the amount of air breathe.