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Michigan's recycling rate of 97% from 1990 to 2008 was the highest in the nation, as is its $0.10 deposit. [2] Numerous instances of criminal offenses motivated by the cash refund value of empty containers have been reported. Proponents of container deposit legislation have pointed to the small financial responsibilities of the states.
However, bottlers soon started selling "one-way" bottles as well. [2] Now, bottles and cans did not have a brand logo anymore, but an engravement that said: "No Deposit, No Return". [3] In the early 1950s, disposable cans and bottles made up 30% of beer that was sold packaged. [1]
A number of U.S. states, such as California, Hawaii, Oregon, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Iowa, Michigan, and New York, have passed laws that establish deposits or refund values on beverage containers in order to promote reuse and recycling. Most are five cents per can or bottle.
So why does the Washington Refuse and Recycling Association, which represents the state’s solid waste handling industry, call bottle deposit systems a bad idea? | Op-ed
The usual rates are locally €0.02 for some wine bottles, €0.08 for beer bottles up to 0.5 L, and €0.15 for beer bottles with flip-top closures, beer bottles over 0.5 L and other bottles (mostly water and soft-drinks, lesser fruit drinks, milk, cream, yoghurt). Some bottles have an even higher deposit.
From FY 2003–2004 to FY 2015–2016, litter grant collections averaged 23.5 million pounds a year, with a high of 28.7 million pounds in FY 2003-2004 and a low of 17.4 million pounds in FY 2005–2006. Removing those high and the low years, the average is just slightly higher, 23.7 million pounds, or an average 3.73 pounds per capita.
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