FW: CT Bottle Bill Social Media Campaign (We need your help!)

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From: bottle-bill-gras...@googlegroups.com <bottle-bill-gras...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Lou Rosado Burch
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 12:00 PM
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Subject: RE: CT Bottle Bill Social Media Campaign (We need your help!)
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Dear Friends,

We’ve been in contact with leadership in the Senate and it seems we have a number of problems with our bill- SB 1037:

Senators are considering stripping out the $.10 cent deposit and putting in a trigger to raise CT’s deposit value only after NY and/or MA goes to 10 cents. This would eliminate the incentive needed to reduce litter and expand redemption access in our communities.

They are now also talking about eliminating the deposit on miniature liquor nips and establishing a $.05 non-refundable tax on nips. We should be clear- a tax would do nothing to address litter from nips which plague our communities and urban centers, and it would confuse the public about how the bottle deposit works!

How You Can Help:

Please contact the Senate Democrats and Senate Republican offices and tell them we need a strong bottle bill with a $.10-cent deposit on juices, teas, sports drinks and liquor nips.

Tell them this bill would increase consumer convenience and help low-income families more than double their money by giving them hundreds of millions of new containers to recycle!

Please Call:

CT Senate Dems- 860.240.8600

CT Senate Republicans- 860.240.8800

Please also take a second to click on our action alert and email your State Senator and State Rep TODAY. They are receiving a ton of pressure from the beer and liquor industry and urgently need to hear from you!

Finally, if you have not already done so, please like our video PSA and share with your social media followers. We are at a critical moment and need to generate as much public pressure on this issue as possible!

Thanks for all you do,

Lou

475.434.1606

From: Lou Rosado Burch <lbu...@citizenscampaign.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 5:55 PM
To: 'ham...@citizenscampaign.org' <ham...@citizenscampaign.org>
Subject: CT Bottle Bill Social Media Campaign (We need your help!)
Importance: High

Dear Friends of Connecticut’s Bottle Bill,

After several months of organizing and advocacy, it seem our campaign is going to come down to the wire again. We are hearing that the senate may call S.B. 1037 for a vote this week, but we need public pressure from you to keep the momentum going!!

We’ve prepared a short video PSA on the bottle bill, and we hope you’ll amplify this message by sharing with your networks and on social media. You may choose to like and share the links we’ve posted to facebook and Twitter, or craft one of your own if you’re feeling creative!

A few key items to remember:

SB 1037 is a game changer for Connecticut. Not only would it put a $.10 deposit on juices, teas, sports drinks and liquor nips, it would also dramatically increase consumers’ access to convenient recycling options for bottles and cans.

SB 1037 will prevent hundreds of millions of containers from ending up in our environment or being incinerated, while saving municipalities millions of dollars on litter removal and recycling costs!

Please help us win on this important issue by helping with our social media campaign. Don’t forget to respond and link to one of our action alerts, this makes it easy for your friends and followers to have their voices heard on this important issue! Click here for the CCE action alert and another from Conservation Law Foundation.

Don’t forget to add one (or all) of our hashtags, to keep the conversation going!

#ModernizeCTBottleBill

#betterbottlebill

#CTWasteCrisis

#yesweCAN

#NIPlitterinthebud

Thanks again for all your efforts up until now, let’s get SB 1037 over the finish line!

Best regards,

Lou

Louis Rosado Burch

Connecticut Program Director

Citizens Campaign for the Environment