Hearing on Bigger Better Bottle Bill
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for October on New York's so-called Bigger Better Bottle Bill.
The hearing will concentrate on whether a law imposing 5-cent deposits on bottled water should continue to be delayed until April.
Amendments to the law were supposed to take effect in June, but bottlers got an injunction after arguing that they needed more time.
The judge is allowing provisions to take effect that raise the existing handling fee for beer and soda bottles from 2 cents to 3.5 cents to redemption centers, and allowing the state to collect 80 percent of unclaimed deposits.
Read Governor Paterson's statement on the developments HERE.
The hearing will concentrate on whether a law imposing 5-cent deposits on bottled water should continue to be delayed until April.
Amendments to the law were supposed to take effect in June, but bottlers got an injunction after arguing that they needed more time.
The judge is allowing provisions to take effect that raise the existing handling fee for beer and soda bottles from 2 cents to 3.5 cents to redemption centers, and allowing the state to collect 80 percent of unclaimed deposits.
Read Governor Paterson's statement on the developments HERE.
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