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banning cans, bottles
RAPPAHANNOCK’S Supervisors are so distressed by roadside litter that they’d like to see State of Virginia pass a law banning all throwaway bottles and cans.
Chairman of the Board Newbill Miller brought the subject up at last Thursday’s January meeting. He said he’d been asked to sound out the Board’s feelings, and commented himself that it seems that “seven-eights of the litter is throwaway bottles and cans.” Noting that banning such containers is being legally tested in Loudoun County, Miller wondered if a statewide ban might not be more effective. “I think there would be a tremendous amount of support,” he added. Supervisor Herbert Foster agreed. “I don’t know how many tractor tires I’ve had cut by pulling over to the side of the road where bottles have been thrown. They ought to be outlawed.” Commented Miller: “Owning property next to a state road is equivalent to living next to a slum area, where trash is concerned.” Foster moved that a letter be written to Rappahannock’s representatives in the General Assembly, asking that such a law. be considered. The approving vote was unanimous, with Mrs. Betty Coates aoting that the ban would apply to containers for Soft Irinks and beer, not food. □
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