A Bottle bill has not been introduced in the current legislative session but a new poll conducted for Save the Bay found support for a bill to establish a recycling deposit program.
It found widespread concern about litter and waste along Rhode Island shorelines and in the ocean.
The survey of 400 registered voters found that after hearing arguments from both sides, 58-percent of Rhode Islanders support such a bottle bill and 31-percent opposed.
The poll's margin of error was four-point-nine percent.
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