He was also speaking out on many issues from campaign finance reform to recycling garbage in New York City.
In contrast, California's bottle law, which was passed in 1986, applies to more beverage types and helps finance curbside recycling for nearly every household in the state.
While businesses in the EU and elsewhere help finance comprehensive recycling programs through what are called "extended producer responsibility" fees, only a handful of companies — led by Nestle Water, Coca-Cola and New Belgium — have expressed a willingness to support that approach in the US.
And in any case, foreign companies and investors have been happy so far to finance the deficit by recycling the dollars they earn through trade back into the United States, where the technology-fueled boom has offered high rates of return.
To get there we need bottle deposit laws that require all beverage makers to take responsibility for reaching the highest possible levels of recycling, and that finance the range of recycling options — drop-off centers, buy-back centers and curbside pick-up.
Amazon announced today that it has invested $10 million in Closed Loop Fund, which finances the creation of recycling infrastructure and services in U.S. cities.
She has sponsored tough recycling laws, campaign finance reform legislation and a law to create a domestic partner registry to give county recognition to unwed couples, including those in same-sex relationships.
Environmentalists complained the Legislature's failure to reach an agreement with Mr. Pataki on how to spend $150 million in the Environmental Protection Fund meant a host of programs would not be financed until next year, among them recycling, landfill closures and parkland acquisition.
Adrian Griffiths, a businessman from Swindon, says the town where he is based has everything he needs for his plastic recycling start-up, except for finance: "There are no angel investors here, not one.
PACE allows the owners of commercial and industrial property to use a property tax lien to finance energy efficiency upgrades like solar panels and water recycling systems.
