It's Time for Action on a WV Bottle Bill!

When: Thursday, February 19, 1:30 PM., House Chambers, State Capitol Building

What: Presentation to Joint House Judiciary and Finance Committees. Public encouraged to attend!

Who: John Ferrari, President of NexCycle’s California Operations. John will present the environmental and economic implications to West Virginia presented by the Bottle Bill including job creation. NexCycle-California provides beverage container redemption services to affected Grocers/Retailers mandated by California’s Beverage Container Redemption Act of 1986. It is a subsidiary of SMI (Strategic Materials Incorporated), the largest glass recycler in the United States with thirty-one plant operations in the US, Canada & Mexico. For more information about NexCycle visit http://www.nexcyclecalifornia.com/.

Can’t make it to the Capitol? Here are other ways you can help:

1. Ask your legislators to support the WV Bottle Bill. Call toll-free at 1-877-565-3447.
2. Sign our on-line petition.
3. Contribute to our campaign.
4. Sign up to receive action alerts.
5. Send a letter to editor.

You can do all this and more by visiting http://www.wvbottlebill.org/.

We need your help! If you have time to come to the state Capitol and talk to your legislators during the 2009 Legislative Session, which starts February 11, please let us know. For more information, please contact Linda Frame at linda@wvcag.org or 304-346-5891.

Did you know?

West Virginians use over 1 billion containers each year, the majority of which end up in landfills or along our highways.

Eleven states have Bottle Bills and no statewide bill has ever been repealed. Oregon’s is the oldest and was enacted in 1971. Several states are working to expand their laws to include plastic water bottles.

Please ask your legislators and Governor Manchin to support bottle bill legislation:

Governor Manchin: 1-888-438-2731, Senators and Delegates: 1-877-565-3447

Write your legislators:

The Honorable ___________, Member of WV Senate/House of Delegates, Bldg. 1, State Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV 25305

E-mail legislators at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/, or use the "Contact Your Legislators" at http://www.wvbottlebill.org/

Letters others have written are there, too.

This issue is critical to the future of Huntington and Cabell County residents. Cleaning up our local environment will ensure the continued appreciation of our property values and marketability of our homes, if we decide to sell. Come on! Join in this appeal to our state legislature! Together - we will accomplish anything we can imagine!