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This state of affairs arose in recent weeks as the state senate formulated a bill to amend the recently-passed bottle law, which requires a deposit on all purchases of bottles and cans for beer and soft drinks. The deposits are refunded when bottles are returned. But the senate wondered what would happen if consumers didn't return their bottles...
...Texaco is already operating the Glomar Atlantic, a drillship, in the area, and Phillips has dispatched a rig from Africa's Ivory Coast to help with the exploration. Last week Exxon requested federal permission for a $3 billion project to boost production at Santa Ynez, a separate oil deposit only 27 miles away, which the company believes contains an additional 400 million...
There have long been the big all-purpose books, like Sears, Roebuck, and Montgomery Ward, that deposit a cross-section of the economy in the living room and can take care of every domestic need. The new wave involves far thinner works with fancier fare, specialized offerings that focus with almost microscopic accuracy on the needs of pet lovers, woodcarvers, fond parents, alpinists, anglers, horticulturists, computer buffs, flyers and collectors of everything recondite from antique musical instruments and classic autos to Judaica and museum reproductions...
...larger containers a refund value of at least ten cents. This requirement applies to non-biodegradable containers of carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, beer and other malt beverages, but not to containers of other alcoholic beverages, dairy products, natural fruit juices of wine. All beverage containers subject to deposit must clearly indicate the refund value on the container...
...deposit is paid by the consumer upon purchase and most be refunded when the consumer refuse the empty container to a proper dealer or redemption center, so long as the container does not contain any material different from its normal contens Dealers and distributors are also subject to the same deposit and refund on the beverage containers they handle, and are also entitled to a handling fee of at least one cent per container...