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BOTTLE BILL RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION
REGULATING THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SALE
OF BEVERAGES IN RETURNABLE CONTAINERS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of McHenry finds it in the best
interests of its citizens of the State of Illinois to limit, control , and
decrease the creation of non-returnable container wastes in order to reduce
municipal solid waste collection and sanitary landfill costs for economic
and environmental benefits; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of McHenry does find that regulating the
wholesale and retail sale of beverages in returnable containers will fos-
ter and promote these benefits in McHenry and throughout the State of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of McHenry does find that such regulation is
most effective when adopted on a regional or statewide basis; and
WHEREAS, studies conducted in other states where legislation regulating
the sale of beverages in returnable containers has been adopted indicate
that such legislation effectively reduces beverage container litter as well
as the volume of solid waste generated and the costs of solid waste disposal .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the
City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, that it urgently recommends that
the General Assembly of the State of Illinois adopt legislation requiring
beverage containers sold in Illinois to be returnable with a refundable
deposit.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be transmitted forthwith
to the Illinois State Legislators of the Thirty-third District and to
Illinois Governor James Thompson.
PASSED this 20th day of April , 1981.
AYES: Nolan, Datz, Adams, Meurer, Schooley
NAYS: Pepping, Harker, Wieser
ABSENT: None
APPROVED this 20th day of April , 1981.
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City Clerk
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