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Farmers
(Continued from Pag* A2O)
spent about an hour and a half
picking up bottles and cant strewn
about on his farm, using i two
wheel trailer hooked to a four
wheel vehicle. The trash was col
lected into the small wagon. If a
five-cent deposit existed, someone
could collect enough nickels from
‘Our patience has run out 9
deposits on the trash “to go to the
movies or something.
“Kids Could pick up trash along
the road at five cents a can and
have a little spending change for
the weekend,” said Kopp.
“I never met anybody who opposes a bottle bill,” said
Moyer, light. On a day In June, Moyer asked Tim Lynch of
GTE if Pennsylvania should have a bottle bill. The answer:
yes.
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“Until we get some monetary
reward for not littering, all the
mandatory recycling we have is
not going to be effective.”
Kopp blames the lack of passage
of the Bottle Bill by pressure from
lobbying
groups that are not taking responsi
bility for the problems we have out
here in the country.
“Until this society realizes they
are responsible for our future envi
ronment, this stuff is only going to
fill up landfills.”
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reminded those who are concerned
with the future of fanning about
the "significant financial hard
ship” that this trash causes on the
farm. Since the 1980 s, when the
first such press conference was
held at the farm, n we still have the
samc.trash stream out here, we still
have the same problems with cut
tires and shredded cans and bottles
and so on.”
PFB's Guy Donaldson told
those at the conference, “We were
advised by legislators and some
organizations opposing this
approach to be patient, because the
‘The public has to take responsibility for
throwing away the trash . And until we get
some financial incentive for them to do
that, I don't think it'll ever happen.*
Kopp
state recycling law would correct
the problems in the rural areas.
This law is extremely effective in
the urban areas. However, it has
absolutely no benefits for rural
areas."
Donaldson told the media that
the farm group supported the 1988
Municipal Waste Planning, Recy
cling and Waste Reduction Act
which started curbside recycling.
‘Kids could pick up trash along the road at
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Donaldson said PFB is urging
members of the state General
Assembly to approve H 3. 922,
introduced by,£ep. Arthur Hcr
shey. (Rrl3th) with S 3 co
aponsors.
The legislation would place at
least a five-cent deposit on bottles
and cans, making it yorth the
effort to recycle beverage contain
ers instead of dumping them along
the highway.
Donaldson said that 13 years
and three months is long enough to
wait for an action plan to clean up
the bottles and cans being dumped
in rural areas.
In April, PFB hosted state legi
slators at a banquet at the Ramada
Inn on Market Square in Harris
burg. Earlier, the individual far
mers carried bottles of root beer to
their legislators. They explained
the bottles had been purchased
here at a local supermarket The
bottles have a deposit value in nine
other states.
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Bottle Bill?
Hie bill is in the House State
Government Committee, chaired
by Rep, Paul Clymcr. according to
a PFB release* It was released to
the committee on March 18 this
year.
The bill clearly outlines provi
sions of die deposit, including
administration of the law and
enforcement
But its passage is still uncertain.
Yet that doesn’t slop producers
from putting on the pressure. More
than 400 Carmen were in Harris
burg in mid-April visiting legisla
tors, seeking support for the Bottle
Bill and other legislation affecting
rural residents.
Mandatory township recycling
may be well in its place. Kopp
noted, “but here in rural Pennsyl
vania it’s not doing the job.
The public has to take respon
sibility for throwing away the
trash. And until we get some finan
cial incentive for them to do that, I
don’t think it’ll ever happen.”
Said George Moyer of Myer
stown, “We are now going to get
something done, even if we have to
clean house in Harrisburg.”
Editor’s Note: In the last part
of the series, opponents of the
Bottle Bill provide their side of
the story. Either way, farmers
can now have their voices beard.
Next week, Lancaster Farming
will print a petition to be filled
out and returned to the Pennsyl
vania Farm Bureau to convince
legislators of the need for a Pen
nsylvania Bottle Bill.
NO
bottles, cans
coolers or pets