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Bottle bill has been proposed several times. In 1970 (nay: 51%), 1979 (nay 57%), 1982 (nay 70%), 2023 and 2024. [48] [49] [50] The 2023 and 2024 proposals were modeled after Oregon's system. [51] [50] Texas unsuccessfully attempted to introduce a bottle bill into legislation in 2011. The bill set a redemption goal of 75%, with a deposit rate of ...
A bottle bill sponsored by State Sen. Rachel May expands the items on the intake lists, adding wine and liquor to the products on the list. From trash to cash: NY bill could double value of your ...
Michigan: Implemented in 1978, Michigan's bottle bill charges a 10¢ deposit on plastic, metal, glass, and paper containers less than 1 gallon. [73] New York: New York's bottle bill has been in place since January 12, 1983. [74] New York charges a 5¢ deposit on plastic, metal, and glass containers 3.78 l (1 gallon) or less. [citation needed]
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The deposit gave consumers an incentive to return the bottle and "defrayed the cost of the bottle when it was not returned". [1] The Great Depression and "materials shortages" during World War II made the deposit system common for milk, beer, and soda bottles. [1] By 1947, bottle loss in the United States decreased to about 3 to 4%. [1]
Some people may remember larger size plastic bottles could be redeemed for 10 cents in the days of the state's bottle bill's implementation in the early 1980s. That did not last long and fast ...
The Massachusetts Bottle Bill (Mass. Bills H.2943/S.1588) is a container-deposit legislation dealing with recycling in the United States that originally passed in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in 1982 as the Beverage Container Recovery Law. Implemented in 1983, the law requires containers of carbonated beverages to be returnable with a ...
Ankeny Bottle & Can is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. It is closed Sundays and Mondays. Chris Higgins covers the eastern and northern suburbs for the ...