You will need to develop a broad-based coalition if you are to succeed. Contact groups representing sportsmen, farmers, union workers, environmentalists, and socially responsible investors and don’t forget about groups that sponsor litter cleanups. The following is a list of all of the groups that the coordinators of the New York Better Bottle Bill campaign were able to recruit to their cause, which was no small feat. This particular list numbers over 300! Once again, however, a long list of supporters looks good on paper, but the strength of their support and their commitment of time and resources if far more important.
Endorsers of the Bigger, Better Bottle Bill [1]
(as of December 18th, 2003)
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National, State & Regional Organizations Adirondack Council Adirondack Mountain Club American Farmland Trust American Littoral Society, Northeast Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Citizens' Environmental Coalition Consumers Union-Consumer Policy Institute Container Recycling Institute Environmental Advocates of New York Environmental Defense GrassRoots Recycling Network Great Lakes United Hudson River Sloop Clearwater INFORM Izaak Walton League of America Kids Against Pollution League of Women Voters of New York State Long Island Neighborhood Network Natural Resources Defense Council New York League of Conservation Voters New York Public Interest Research Group New York State Greens New York/New Jersey Trail Conference People's Environmental Network of New York Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks Riverkeeper Save the River Scenic Hudson Sierra Club The Nature Conservancy United States Lifesaving Association Community Organizations A Better Chance of Fayetteville-Manlius Accabonac Protection Committee (East Hampton) Alley Pond Environmental Center (Queens) Astoria Residents Reclaiming our World (ARROW) Babylon Village Earth Day Committee Boquet River Association (Elizabethtown) Broad Channel Civic Association Bronx River-Sound Shore Audubon Society Brooklyn Bird Club Brooklyn Greens Buffalo Coalition of Community Gardeners Buffalo Organics Center for Community Alternatives Central Queens Green Party Central Westchester Audubon Society Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor Concerned Citizens of Bensonhurst Earth Day New York, Inc. Earth Friends El Puente Environmental Quest, Inc. (Brooklyn) Federated Conservationists of Westchester County Fire Island Year Round Resident Association Four Point Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Friends of Baiting Hollow Beach (Riverhead) Friends of the Bay (Oyster Bay) Friends of the Harbor (Port Jefferson) Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt Green Party of Erie County Group for the South Fork Hudson River Audubon Society of Westchester Jamesville Positive Action Committee (JAMPAC) Keep Rockland Beautiful, Inc. Land Restoration Project Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference, Inc. Manlius Library Morningside Heights/West Harlem Sanitation Coalition Natural Resources Protective Association (S.I.) New York City Audubon Society New York City Environmental Justice Alliance New York City Waste Prevention Coalition New York Katipunan Lions Club (Hollis) New Yorkers for Parks North Fork Environmental Center North Fork Environmental Council Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods O.U.T.R.A.G.E. (Organizations United for Trash Reduction and Garbage Equity) Patchogue Rotary Pickit Up Long Island Pomona Clean-Up Squad Protectors of Pine Oak Woods (S.I.) RochesterEnvironment.com Rockaway Beach Civic Association Rockland County Conservation Association Roosevelt Island Garden Club Seatuck Environmental Association (Islip) Seedcorn, Inc. Sisters of St. Joseph (Syracuse) St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Harlem) St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Port Washington) Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Coalition Staten Island Citizens for Clean Air Staten Island Friends of Clearwater Staten Island Greens Sterling Nature Center Stop Polluting Orleans County (SPOC) Suffern Civic Association The Diving and Peoples Union (Yonkers) Torne Valley Preservation Association Town of Manlius Coalition Tully United Community Church Upper West Side Recycling Utica Citizens' Action WE CAN WESPAC Foundation (Westchester Peoples Action Coalition) Elected Officials, Agencies & Advisory Boards New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Amherst Town Board Auburn Mayor Melina A. Carnicelli Brookhaven Town Supervisor John Jay LaValle Cheektowaga Conservation Advisory Council Cheektowaga Town Board Chenango County Envl. Management Council Cortland Common Council Croton-on-Hudson Village Board Erie County Legislature Essex County Government Center Evans Conservation Advisory Council Huntington Town Board Hyde Park Visual Environment Committee Inter-County Association of Western New York Kingston Common Council Lackawanna Mayor John Kuryak New Paltz Town Beautification Committee Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency Orangetown Town Board Otsego County Board of Representatives Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto Putnam County Solid Waste Office Riverhead Town Board Rockland County Legislature Rockland Co. Solid Waste Management Authority St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Schuyler County Legislature Smithtown Supervisor Patrick R. Vecchio Southampton Town Board Suffolk County Executive Robert J. Gaffney Suffolk County Legislature Tompkins County Legislature Westchester County Executive Andrew J. Spano Woodstock Environmental Commission
New York City: N.Y.C.Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall Staten Island Borough Pres. James P. Molinaro Joint Task Force of the Mayor and City Council on New York City's Recycling Program Community Board 1 (Staten Island) Community Board 3 (Staten Island) Community Board 8 (Manhattan) Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board NYC Citywide Recycling Advisory Board Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board Businesses, Labor Unions, & Professional Associations Barbland Farms (Fabius) Bottle and Can Redemption Association of New York State (BACRA) Central City Bottle Redemption Center (Syracuse) Educators for Gateway/United Fed. of Teachers Outdoor Environmental Education Elementary School Science Association of N.Y. Great Forest, Inc. Haverstraw Marina Laborers Local 108 (Recycling & General Industrial Laborers) Local 338 Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union M-T Net Company Mason-Tenders District Council-PAC Mirant Corporation Mountaintown Spring Water (New Paltz) New York Farm Bureau N.Y.S. Association of Recycling, Reuse and Reduction (NYSARRR) Public Employees Federation, Division 169 The Sagamore (Bolton Landing) Willows Yacht Club |
School and Youth Groups 4-H Clubs of Rockland Boy Scouts of America Troop 8 (Huntington) Boy Scouts of America Troop 142 (Bayside) Boy Scouts of America Troop 284 (Hollis) Cub Scout Pack #88 (Piermont) East Hampton High School Girl Scouts Council (Setauket) Haverstraw Middle School High School for Environmental Studies Recycle Club (NYC) Holy Family School (Camillus) Mattituck High School Maynard High School Public School 280 (Bronx) Quest School St. Joseph Hill Academy High School (S.I.) St. Joseph Youth Group (Spring Valley) Students Against Animal Violations and Exploitations (SAAVE) (N. Rockland H.S.) Suffolk County Girl Scout Troop 1522 West Genesee CSD Marching Band West Genesee Varsity Lacrosse Wheatley Environmental Action Committee (Roslyn Heights) William Cowper I.S. 73, Class 872 (Maspeth)
Campus Groups Access Disability Awareness (SUNY New Paltz) Activities Programming Council (Queensborough Community College) African Descendents Organization (Hunter College) AIDS Task Force at SUNY Purchase Alpha Phi Omega (Hunter College) Alpha Tau Freshman Honor's Society at Stony Brook Alternative Clinic at SUNY Purchase Animated Perspectives at Stony Brook APSU at SUNY Cortland Arab Club (Hunter College) Art Club (Nassau Community College) Asian American Student Alliance (Hunter College) Asian Club (Pratt Institute) Asian Students in Action (Hunter College) BASIC at SUNY Cortland Biology Club (Hunter College) Biology Club (SUNY New Paltz) Black Student Union (SUNY New Paltz) Caribbean Students Union (Hunter College) Cartoonist Club (SUNY New Paltz) Catholic Campus Community (Nassau Community College) Chi Alpha Christian Club (Queensborough Community College) Chinese Christian Fellowship (Hunter College) Circle K (SUNY Cortland) Club Lacrosse Team (SUNY New Paltz) College of Staten Island Dance Club College of Staten Island Student Government College Student Involvement Club (College of Staten Island) Community of Hunter for Environmental Sustainability Commuter Students Association (SUNY Purchase) Computer Science Club (College of Staten Island) Cortland Against Another Rape (CAAR) Creative Writing Club (Nassau Community College) CSTV-60 at SUNY Cortland D.I.V.A.S. (Hunter College) Daughters of Afrika (Hunter College) Delta Delta (College of Staten Island) Dominican Perspective Club (Hunter College) Economics and Finance Society (College of Staten Island) Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (SUNY Stony Brook) Focus on Women and Diversity (SUNY Stony Brook) French Club (Nassau Community College) Future Teachers' Association (Queensborough Community College) Future Teachers' Club (Nassau Community College) Gay Men's Alliance (Hunter College) Gender Equality Organization (Hunter College) Geography Club (Hunter College) Golden Key Honor Society (Hunter College) Habitat for Humanity (SUNY New Paltz) Haitian Students Association (Hunter College) Hillel (College of Staten Island) Hillel (Queensborough Community College) Hillel (SUNY Cortland) Hillel (SUNY New Paltz) Hillel (SUNY Purchase) Hip Hop n' Reggae Club (College of Staten Island) Hola Club (Queensborough Community College) Hunter Campus Ministry Ice Hockey Club at SUNY New Paltz IEEEE (SUNY New Paltz) International Students Association at SUNY Purchase Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (Hunter College) Latino Week (SUNY New Paltz) Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Alliance (SUNY Stony Brook) Lesbians Rising (Hunter College) Math and Computer Science Club (Queensborough Community College) Multicultural Club (Nassau Community College) Musicians Guild (SUNY New Paltz) Muslim Student Association (College of Staten Island) Muslim Students Association (SUNY New Paltz) Nassau Community College Outing Club Nassau Community College Students for Egalitarian Society National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws at SUNY New Paltz New Paltz Fencing Club Newman Club at SUNY Cortland Nursing Students (Queensborough Community College) Olivetree Review (Hunter College) Organization of Unique Individuals (College of Staten Island) Parnasus (SUNY Cortland) Philosophy Club (SUNY New Paltz) Philosophy Society at SUNY Purchase Photovibes (Hunter College) Political Science Club (SUNY New Paltz) Political Science/Pre-Law Club (College of Staten Island) Pratt Christian Fellowship Pratt Fashion Society Pratt Institute Student Council Pratt Radio, WPIR Pre-Graduate Resource Center (Hunter College) Pre-Medical Club (Hunter College) Pre-Medical Club at SUNY Purchase Pre-Medical Society (College of Staten Island) Psychology Club (Hunter College) Purchase Chemical Society Purchase Environmental Society Queensborough Community College Student Association Queer Student Union (SUNY New Paltz) Queers United Against Social Injustice (QUASI) (Hunter College) Rockland Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Salsa/Mambo Club (Hunter College) SEEK Excellence Club (College of Staten Island) She said She said at SUNY Cortland Ski Club (SUNY New Paltz) SLAM! (Hunter College) Snowboarding Club Social Change for Women (SUNY New Paltz) South Asian Cultural Club (College of Staten Island) Sports Management Club (SUNY Cortland) Student Art Alliance (SUNY New Paltz) Student Coalition for Animal Rights (SCAR) (SUNY New Paltz) Student Government Association at SUNY Cortland Student Political Science Association (Hunter College) SUNY Cortland Education Club SUNY Cortland Sociology/Anthropology Club SUNY Players (Cortland College) SUNY Stony Brook Benedict Hall Legislature SUNY Stony Brook Center for Women's Concerns SUNY Stony Brook Honors College SUNY Stony Brook Society of Women Engineers SUNY Stony Brook Students for Choice SUNY Stony Brook Swimming and Diving Synthesis Club T.A.F.K.A., Etc. (Hunter College) Take Back the Night (SUNY New Paltz) The Cycle Feminist Magazine (Purchase College) The Fahari (SUNY New Paltz) The Film and Video Society of Hunter College The Up Top Players (Pratt Institute) Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity (Pratt Institute) Undergraduate Anthropology Club of Hunter College United Nations Student Association (Hunter College) University at Albany Recycling Coalition Vegetarian Club (Hunter College) Vignette Student Newspaper (Nassau Community College) Voices of Unity Gospel Choir (SUNY New Paltz) WFNP "The Edge" Radio (SUNY New Paltz) WHCS Radio (Hunter College) Women of Color at SUNY Cortland Women's Student Association (Nassau Community College) X-Stream of Purchase |
[1]Endorsers of a "Bigger, Better, Bottle Bill" support expanding the Bottle Bill to include non-carbonated beverages and requiring that unclaimed deposits be returned to state or local governments to fund environmental programs. Some groups also support increasing the deposit to ten cents. Groups and government entities listed do not necessarily endorse specific legislation.