On Hand

Is Michigan’s 10-cent bottle deposit worth it?


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Is it really worth our time to haul returnables to the store for just 10 cents each? And is it worth it for Michigan's recycling industry to maintain a bottle deposit system when we already have curbside recycling?

  • See Shelie Miller's "Comprehensive Ealuation of MIchigan's Bottle Deposit System" here
  • Read more from the Container Recycling Institute here
  • See a Reloop and CRI study about the impact of bottle deposits on beverage sales here

GUESTS:

  • Susan Collins, president of the Container Recycling Institute
  • Shelie Miller, Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor of Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan; co-director, Center for Sustainable Systems

Cover photo by April Van Buren

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