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be introduced again by Sen. Madison E. May re (DMontgomery). He proposes a deposit of at least ten cents on bottles and cans and a ban on non-returnable beverage containers. Mayre maintains that the ban will lower the price of beverages and save the state millions of dollars in highway cleanup costs.
Guest supports the bottle bill, lining up with the Farm Bureau, environmentalists and conservationists against the powerful beer and soft drink industry lobby. “I haven’t seen Oregon but I’ve seen Vermont and Maine (both states with bottle legislation similar to what Mayre has proposed),” Guest said. Paying a deposit on returnable bottles may be “a minor pain” but passage of Mayre’s bill will leave Virginia “a whole lot cleaner,” the delegate added. “We’ll have bottle picking up on the highways,” he maintained, noting that it currently costs the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation approximately $1.2 million per
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