Originally Posted by
Spld cyclist
In Massachusetts, the bottle law also does not cover water, iced tea, juice, etc. bottles. An extension to these bottle types is introduced each year in the legislature, and each year it is squished by a handful of powerful reps. I have no idea why they are so dead-set against it. Makes no sense to me.
It's the Bambi effect. Lawmakers don't want to be accused of raising the price of "good" foods such as milk, juice and the like. I don't have a problem exempting milk in quarts or larger, but feel the law should be extended to all bottled drinks in sizes that people would take and drink outside. Here in NY milk is exempt (dairy state) as is juice, but water, iced tea, and most "juice drinks" have deposits. For water, I don't know if the deposit applied to the gallons, but I know it applies to the smaller sizes.