Iowa lawmakers weigh bottle bill changes and deposits
Susan Collins of the Container Recycling Institute speaks at the Iowa Recycling Association conference in Coralville. The discussion centers on modernizing the 38-year-old bottle bill, expanding deposits to 10 cents, adding water bottles, and boosting handling fees while balancing redemption center costs and curbside recycling. Des Moines attorney Dustin Miller notes political limits and phased implementation may be needed.
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Coralville
Iowa
Susan Collins
Container Recycling Institute
Iowa Recycling Association
Dustin Miller
Des Moines
Iowa Grocery Industry Association
Capitol
Miller
Michele Hurd
Grocery Association
Sustainability Coalition of
Grocers, Convenience Stores and Beverage Industries
Collins
Oregon
James.lynch
Thegazette.com
Gazette Company publication details and subscription rates
The Gazette, established January 10, 1883, is published daily at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Periodicals postage paid at Cedar Rapids and other offices. Subscription rates: carrier eight dollars weekly, four hundred sixteen dollars yearly, seven day delivery. out-of-state four hundred sixty eight dollars yearly. Postmaster address changes to Gazette Co Inc P O Box 1862 Cedar Rapids IA 52406. General number 319 398 8211.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
The
Gazette Company
Gazette Co. Inc
P.O. Box
Contacting Iowa's U.S. Senators
The article lists contact details for Iowa senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst. It gives addresses in Washington, D.C., phone numbers, and directs readers to their official websites and contact forms for communication with Grassley at 135 Hart and Ernst at 111 Russell. Each page uses standard office-facing formats.
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Iowa
U.S
Washington
Chuck Grassley
Hart Senate
D.C
Grassley
Senate.gov
Joni Ernst
Russell Senate
Washington, D.C
Ernst.senate.gov
Sputnik Birth of Iowa physics program reshaped science
Vanessa Miller reports on how Sputnik launched a space race that transformed the University of Iowa. Don Gurnett, entering as a freshman in engineering, recalls watching Sputnik and later joining space missions. The era spurred NASA funding, new physics facilities, and the Van Allen era linked to Explorer 1 and radiation belt discoveries.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Don Gurnett
Sputnik
Gurnett
Soviet Union
U.S
NASA
Physics Research Center
van Allen Hall
James van Allen
United States
Explorer
van Allen
Garnett
Top
MacLean Hall
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Florida
Earth
University of Iawa
CBS News
Walter Cronkite
Cronkite
Iowa
Sputnik replica hangs in Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
A 2003 replica of Sputnik 1 hangs from the ceiling at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington. The original 184 pound satellite burned up upon reentry and experts note four Sputnik backups were built by the Soviet Union. NASA data cite the mission details including launch on October 4 1957 from Baikonur Tyuratam and a 21 day duration.
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Smithsonian
Air and Space Museum
Washington
Soviet Union
Sputnik
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Tyuratam
Kazakhstan
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Thegazette
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