Michigan lawmakers are set to consider a new bill package that would change what kinds of containers could be returned for a refund this week. Senate Bills 1112 and 1113, introduced by Sen.

Michigan is one of 10 states with a bottle deposit program, the most recently adopted in 2002 in Hawaii. Statistics show Oregon’s return rate for bottle deposits led the nation at 86% in 2022 ...

“Across the country, Bottle Deposit Laws have been shown to reduce beverage container litter by over 70% and reduce total litter by 30-40%,” says a blog post for the conservation nonprofit Haw ...

When the bottle deposit law started 43 years ago, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said it reduced the amount of litter and garbage by 70%. AI assisted with the formatting of ...