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Banning non-returnable bottles would not reduce solid waste or litter, says soft-drink executive D. G. Ottaway, above.
Banning non-returnable bottles would not reduce solid waste or litter, says soft-drink executive D. G. Ottaway, above.

Banning non-returnable bottles would not reduce solid waste or litter, says soft-drink executive D. G. Ottaway, above.

Date5/18/1976
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Although many glass bottles go to recycling depots (above), litter remains a problem, but banning one-way bottles won't cure that, this letter suggests
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Pollution probe spokesman Peter Love wants returnable bottles brought back to ease pollution caused by pull-top cans, as seen above. He refutes critic(...)
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Concerned citizen: John Mihalic is the volunteer vice-president of Crime Concern, a non-profit crime prevention organization working to help people reduce crimes in their community
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Lionel Conn : He's president of Tudor Energy, but his subsidiary makes the Universal Skate Sharpener, which is about the size of a soft drink machine. It can do either hockey or figure skates and the whole process takes only seconds and costs only $2.50 a throw.
Lionel Conn : He's president of Tudor Energy, but his subsidiary makes the Universal Skate Sharpener, which is about the size of a soft drink machine. It can do either hockey or figure skates and the whole process takes only seconds and costs only $2.50 a throw.
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