NY Passes expanded Bottle Bill

This has been coming for a long time and I applaud my home state for passing an expanded bottle bill in the 2009-10 budget that includes water bottles and will not only help the environment, but it will boost the economy by requiring that beverage companies return to the state 80%  of unclaimed bottle & can deposits to the state. This could add up to over $100 million in revenue for the state. 

A side issue will be more work for redeemers, designers and printers who will have to print new labels with updated graphics with the new refund copy. I am trying to find out what the labelling requirements will be & timing for packaging. My personal opinion is that the bill should be expanded further to include all packaging in other categories as well or be based soley on container material. Environmental Advocates of NY