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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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State Senator Rebekah Warren, will be introducing legislation to expand the Michigan Beverage Containers Initiated Law of 1976, commonly known as the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">bottle bill</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> or </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">bottle deposit law.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><br />
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The bill, if passed, would put the question before the voters in Michigan as to whether to add a 10 cent deposit to bottled water and other drinks.<br />
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Currently 96% of the bottles that are covered by the bottle bill are recycled.<br />
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The expansion would cover water, juice and energy drinks.<br />
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Michigan</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">s bottle deposit law was put in place in the 1970s to reduce roadside litter, clean up the environment and conserve energy and natural resources. The beverage containers included in the original law were beer, soft drinks, and carbonated and mineral waters, and in 1988 the law was expanded to include wine coolers and canned cocktails.<br />
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Warren stated, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">With the boom in the consumption of bottled water and juice in recent years and the resulting litter and landfill space being taken up by those products, the next logical step is to update Michigan</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">s beverage container law to further reduce litter and waste</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">.<br />
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According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, most bottled water comes in recyclable plastic bottles, but only about 13 percent of the bottles used get recycled, leaving millions of tons of plastic water bottles clogging landfills instead of getting recycled.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the state of Michigan</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">s 10-cent deposit on bottles be expanded to include water and most other bottled beverages?<br />
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Undecided<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the U.S. House pass a continuing resolution to fund the government with defunding Obamacare as part of it?<br />
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Yes - 76%<br />
No - 24%<br />
Undecided - 0% <br />
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TWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL.<br />
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COMMENT #1<br />
Obama Care<br />
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You may not agree with all the Republican policies but those who say that the Democrats are no better than the Republicans are foolish. I understand the frustration but Obama vs Romney or McCain gives you two different countries and outcomes. Grandholm vs Snyder, two different states.<br />
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Even if Republicans get in charge, they cannot do all that we want. Get the most conservative person and policy than can get elected and then keep working. All the in fighting is counter productive unless you want to live in a cave and watch the country dissolve.<br />
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COMMENT #2<br />
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Defunding Obamacare<br />
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If the Republicrats vote to fund it, they own it. They have the blood of dead babies, delayed care, rising costs, and the debt increase on their heads. A pox on them and I am done with them as a party. They are no different than the democrats. We gave them the House so they could defund, delay, and get rid of this monstrosity and if they have no guts to do what is right, I for one, am done.<br />
Ida S.<br />
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