Since 1983, when Massachusetts’ bottle bill mandated a 5-cent deposit on carbonated beverages such as beer and soda, the beverage industry has changed dramatically. The state container redemption law has
Despite being a national leader on many environmental issues, Mass. has fallen woefully behind other states that have imposed bans or updated their bottle bills to increase their recycling rate, advocates say.
Forty years after the state added a five-cent deposit on some plastic bottles in order to encourage recycling, climate advocates say it’s “the right moment” to<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/bottle-redemption-law-expansion-also-includes-higher-deposit/">Read More</a>
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