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(Potential Iffects of a National Mandatory Deposit on leverage
Containers]. August 10 1978. 7 pp.
Testimony before the House Committee on Interstate and foreign
Commerce: Transportation and Commerce Subccamittee; by Vennis j.
Duqan, Associate Director, Program Analysis Div.
Contact: Program analysis Div.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce: Transportation and Commerce Subcommittee.
A natV-a1 mandatory deposit law has been proposed as
part of a solut&on to litter, solid aste dispose; and
materials recycling problems of the Nation. The prisary effects
of such legislation on solid wastes litter, and materials and
energy and the industry effects on labor and equipsent costs
vere analyzed. The fol'.3.tng results would arise from increasing
the deposit coverage from about 25% to 100%: (1) there would be
substantially Less beverago container litter and somewhat loss
total litter and solid waste; (2) more containers would hi
returned and the costs of handling thera containers would
increase; and (3) the amount of money paid fox deposits but not
claimed would rise uhich would increase industry incomeo Other
results of the analysis would depe.id on how many new containers
are manufactured. Alternative assumptions concerning industry
response to a mandatory system reflect uncertainty about
industry response. The assumption of return rates is on* of the
wost debated technical points of the mandatorZ deposit issue#
but different return rates do not substantially change the main
results of the analysis. In addition to primary concerns, a
mandatory deposit system would most likely reduce energy and rab
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