Local Legislators Help Updated Bottle Bill Gather Momentum
State Sen. Jamie Eldridge joins half of senate as a co-sponsor of recycling legislation.
First the Town of Concord passed a plastic water bottle bill, and now the rest of the state is trying to jump on board. In a sign that the Updated Bottle Bill has gained greater momentum for passage than ever this session, 95 legislators signed on as a co-sponsor of the Updated Bottle Bill earlier this week, including half of the Massachusetts State Senate. “More than ever, legislators realize that the time to act and finally pass the Updated Bottle Bill is now,” State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, a strong supporter and co-sponsor of the bill, said in a release. “Updating the Bottle Bill is a common sense law that would help increase recycling and reduce litter in our parks, along our roads and in our streams. Passing this bill has been one of …
Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III
10:14 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Democrats at their best...another tax in the name of 'the scourge of plastic'. Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III more ›