Soda's Redeeming Quality

If you live in California, you've just got a few days left to turn your used 20-oz. soda bottles into a little cash for the California State Parks Foundation. Until the end of April, the plastic bottles can be dropped off at any Orchard Supply Hardware store in the state and our friends over at TerraCycle will pick them up as part of their Bottle Brigade recycling program. TerraCycle will reuse the bottles to package their ecofriendly plant foods and fertilizers--and donate a nickel per bottle to the parks program. Too bad keeping the bottles out of the landfill won't keep the soda from rotting your teeth.