10.2190/12GJ-3QYL-EGQ7-XMWH 12GJ3QYLEGQ7XMWH 6 National Beverage Container Deposit Legislation: A Cost-Benefit Analysis 71 84 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 12GJ3QYLEGQ7XMWH.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=12GJ3QYLEGQ7XMWH 1 Daniel Rose Hastings College of the Law National beverage container deposit legislation is a viable policy approach to the reduction of the true overall social costs of beverage consumption. Net social benefit would result from the passage of deposit legislation by increasing reuse and recycling of beer and soft drink containers. This study evaluates the interrelated impacts of legislation in terms of employment, natural resource consumption, capital requirements, litter, solid waste, environmental quality, consumer convenience, and prices. D. Rose, "National Beverage Container Deposit Legislation, A Cost-Benefit Analysis," University of Colorado Department of Economics, unpublished paper, 1980. The Resource Conservation Committee, Committee Findings and Staff Papers on National Beverage Container Deposits of The Resource Conservation Committee, Second Report to the President and Congress of the United States, 1978. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (E. P. A.), Office of Solid Waste, Fourth Report to Congress, Resource Recovery and Solid Waste Reduction, 1977. R. C. Porter, A Social Benefit - Cost Analysis of Mandatory Deposits on Beverage Containers, <i>Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 5</i>:4, pp. 351-375, December 1978. Oregon Educational and Broadcasting Service, <i>The Great Container War</i>, film narrated by Dick Cavett, April 1979. R. E. Tomasson, The Old Deposit Bottle Is Back But It Can Cost 20 Cents More, <i>The New York Times</i>, p. 6E, January 20, 1980. B. Schneir, The Great Container Controversy, <i>Montana Outdoors</i>, p. 39, July/August 1976. International Economic Studies Institute, <i>Raw Materials and Foreign Policy</i>, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D. C., 1976. C. D. Stern, The Beverage Container Issue and Resource Conservation (Summary of Remarks), Talking Trash, proceedings of the Meeting of the National Coalition on Solid Waste, March 4-6, 1977.