LETTERS
Protect animals
I am writing in reference to
the article "Researching the
Future” on Aug. 15 edition of
the ODE. I think it is great for
minority students to get oppor
tunities in the UO labs but my
concern is the introduction to
non-human animal research as a
way of research that some of the
students practiced. Non-human
animal experimentation is an
outdated way of research that
requires a lot of unnecessary
pain and suffering for these vic
tims. Research degrades these
wonderful creatures to just
mechanical models to dissect
and mutilate. Alternatives to
this type of research does exist
and can overall benefit people
to a greater degree. All animals
are wonderful beings that need
respect. Discrimination of any
animal, human or otherwise, is
wrong and should be stopped.
This includes sexism, racism
and even specism!
Chelsea Lincoln
Director, Students for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals
Bravo Bottle Bill
I am writing in response to the
recent qualifying of Ballot Mea
sure 37, the Bottle Bill Initiative,
for the November election. If I
were to summarize my com
mantary into one word, I’d say
“BRAVO!” Let’s get those bottles
and cans off the roadsides, away
from the beaches and out of the
rivers of Oregon. Last year, in
Oregon alone, over 100 million
beverage containers were either
littered or landfilled. All of these
containers could have been recy
cled.
The current bottle bill, which
only covers carbonated drinks
with a 5 cent deposit, has done
nothing to control the litter of
non-carbonated, like Snapple
bottles and bottled water con
tainers. Littered glass bottles are
a legitimate safety hazard, as one
Stanford University study found
in Florida. In just one year, over
300,000 documented litter-relat
ed injuries resulted in $3 million
in hospitalization costs!
I myself have a scar on the bot
tom of my foot to remind me of
an injury I sustained from a bro
ken glass bottle. I was at a car
wash fund-raising event and my
barefoot found a broken bottle
that had been littered in the park
ing lot. The cut required stitches
and it kept me on crutches for a
week. If there had been a deposit
on that bottle, it might have been
recycled instead of carelessly
tossed on the pavement. Let’s
protect our environment and our
feet: Vote yes on Ballot Measure
37.
Darshan Schmitz
Eugene
Support Bottle Bill
One of the greatest success sto
ries of Oregon’s effort to preserve
our state’s natural beauty has
been the bottle bill. This pio
neering law keeps over 1 billion
beer and soda containers a year
from littering our roadsides and
open spaces, while conserving
resources and promoting an eth
ic of stewardship. The savings to
taxpayers in reduced litter
cleanup costs has been enor
mous. All of this has been accom
plished without a state bureau
cracy to administer the system
because it is self-financing and
self-regulating.
Now, the proliferation of new
non-carbonated, non-deposit
drinks threatens to undermine
this landmark piece of legisla
tion. Over 100 million non
deposit bottles and cans are need
lessly littered or landfilled every
year simply because they do not
have a refund value. Cans and
bottles which carry a 5 cent
deposit are over three times more
likely to be recycled than non
deposit containers.
To address this problem, Mrs.
Tom McCall, the Oregon League
of Women Voters and OSPIRG
have sponsored an initiative to
expand the bottle bill to include
these new drinks. The propos
al, already qualified for the
November ballot, is a logical
extension of the original bottle
bill and will ensure that our state
continues to be a national leader
in litter prevention and recycling.
For these reasons, the initiative
deserves the support of all Ore
gonians. I urge my fellow citizens
to pass this measure in order to
keep Oregon clean and green for
generations to come.
Onjole Trudell
Eugene
Glass a hazard
It has come to my attention
that there is a new bottle bill on
the ballot in November. It is Bal
lot Measure 37 and extends the
existing bottle bill to all non-car
bonated products such as Snap
pie, etc. As a student, my bicycle
is my main mode of transporta
tion. Often times, on my way to
school or work, I notice broken
Snapple bottles on the side of the
road. Not only are these bottles
unsightly, but to me and other
cyclists they are also dangerous
and costly (the average price of a
new tube and tire is about $30).
I am positive that putting a nick
el deposit on these products
would ensure their being recy
cled and keep them off our streets
and bike paths. To this end, I
would urge all to vote “yes” on
Ballot Measure 37 in November.
Karl Shelton
Eugene
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