Statement In Support of LD 291—An Act to Transfer Responsibility for the Returnable Beverage Container Laws from the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to the Department of Environmental Protection

Chairman Jackson, Chairman Dill, and members of the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.  My name is Pete Didisheim.  I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine and I appreciate this opportunity to testify in support of LD 291. NRCM was involved with passage of Maine’s beverage container law, also known as the bottle bill, when it was init...