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116802 1 (1981-11-05)

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                        U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                                     Expected at 9:00 a.m., EST
                                                     Thursday, November 5, 1981

                                 STATEMENT OF

                              ARTHUR J. CORAZZINI
                                 DEPUTY DIRECTOR

                           PROGRAM ANALYSIS DIVISION

                                 BEFORE THE

                             SENATE COMMITTEE ON
                   COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION

                                      ON
                        INATIONAL EFFECTS OF A BEVERAGE           1111111

                            CONTAINER DEPOSIT LAW                   116802

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

      I am Arthur Corazzini, Deputy Director of the Program Analysis Division in

GAO and I am here to discuss the results of a 1980 GAO study which assesses

the potential effects of a national beverage container deposit law.

     Any study of this subject must be based on certain assumptions about con-

sumer and industry behavior because there has not been a 100-percent deposit

system in this country in more than 40 years. For our study, we have assumed
that all deposit containers will be returned at a 90-percent rate, that the

container mix under a national law will be 50 percent refillable bottles, and

that there will be a temporary lull in sales growth. These assumptions have

been borne out by continued experience in Oregon and Vermont and new laws in

Michigan and Maine.

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