In the 1970s, thePacific Northwestwas particularly hard hit by the 1973 oil crisis, and Oregon experienced a significant shortage. To combat litter, the Oregon Beverage Container Act of 1971, or the Bottle Bill, was meant to encourage recycling by reimbursing people for recycling bottles for a ...
Ron Wyden is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1996 and began representing Oregon later that year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–96). Wyden was born in Kansas to Jewish refugees