Bottle Bill

To the Editors of the Crimson:

I am astonished that The Crimson a paper edited by and for the young, should display in its coverage of the Bottle Bill such an ignorant and insensitive attitude toward the bill's impact upon the environment. We read in your columns about the whines of the retailers, objecting to the inconvenience of the deposit and return law, not one word about what similar bills have accomplished in the states that have them in cleaning up the environment and conserving natural resources.

Vermont spent 56 fewer work hours, and 31 percent fewer dollars on litter pick-up after the passage of a bottle bill. After two years with a bottle bill. Oregon litter clean-up bills dropped by an estimated $632,000 per year. Park Managers in Detroit estimate the year's savings after implementation of a bottle bill at $300,000 lows reported a 90 percent reduction of litter in state parks. Bottle bills in two states in which their effect was measured saved enough energy in one. Oregon, to supply house heating needs of 50,000 people, and in the other, Vermont, with a more severe climate, recycling saved enough to heat 15,000 homes. Ms. M.C. Bingham   Gleaview, KY.