Less Trash, More Money, Who Could Argue With That

When I was a college student in Massachusetts, one of the first environmental campaigns that I ever worked on was to increase recycling on my campus. Luckily, I had a President who agreed with the students and implemented a recycling program that ended up saving the school enough money to put towards scholarships. My friends at the Yes on 2 Coalition have been hard at work trying to get the Bottle Bill passed in Massachusetts to do the same thing. The Bottle Bill (aka Question 2), if passed, will reduce litter, increase recycling, and save cities and towns over $6 million in waste disposal costs.* Back in August a majority of Massachusetts voters supported the bill. But wouldn't you know it, big beverage companies spent a whopping 7.9 million dollars to defeat this initiative,* flooding the public with disinformation about the bill's benefits. The result has been a reversal in voter sentiment, with recent polls showing a majority of Massachusetts citizens now opposing the bill.** That's why I'm asking activists like you to lend a hand to my friends at the Yes on 2 Coalition. Will you join me by calling Massachusetts voters to spread the truth about the benefits of expanding the Bottle Bill? Even though recent polls show opposition to the Bottle Bill's expansion, we have one week to turn this thing around by directly informing voters of the benefits of expanding the Bottle Bill. Big beverage companies may have the money, but we have something better, people power and the truth. Please help my friends out at the Yes on 2 Coalition tell voters why expanding the Bottle Bill matters. Let's show them what Environmental action looks like. Thanks for all you do, Anthony and the Environmental Action team * Yes on 2 Website ** Advertisements with inaccurate data aid foes of wider bottle bill, Boston Globe October, 2014