Environmentalists call for expansion of bottle deposit law
Environmentalists are calling for an expansion of Michigan’s bottle deposit law to account for water and juice containers.
Environmentalists are calling for an expansion of Michigan’s bottle deposit law to account for water and juice containers.
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By most measurements, Michigan’s law has been an unqualified success. Folks return more than 97 percent of the 4.3 billion bottles and cans of carbonated beverages sold here each year, according to state records. That tops the return rate of all other states and ranks Michigan’s as America’s No. 1 bottle recycling program.
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