Oregon passed the country's first deposit law in 1971, and as one native Oregonian told me, "We don't have too many firsts."

Due to the legal deposit law and many charitable donations, the National Library has a large catalog of publications.

Of this, approximately 25% was acquired through the beforementioned legal deposit laws.

The deposit law on bottles and cans has been in effect for over three years, but old ways die hard.

These systems are typically supported by deposit laws and other regulations.

Several other states are considering some form of deposit law, the G.A.O. study said.

Starting with Oregon in 1971, nine states enacted deposit laws.

The abbreviations of states with deposit laws are printed on all qualifying bottles and cans.

A national deposit law requires publishers to submit a copy of all new titles to the archive.

But delivering an immediate reward that encourages such recycling is not as easy in states without deposit laws.