Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Michigan's bottle return program works

In Michigan we have a 10cent deposit on most soft drink bottles and cans. Most beer bottles and cans also have a 10cent deposit.

This is how it works
When you buy a soda you also have too pay a deposit of 10 cents. After you finished your soda you bring the can back too the store and get your 10 cents back.

Michigan bottle deposit program has been a huge success. No one in Michigan throws out there soda cans. Which keeps all that material out of our landfills.

I wish more states would start there own bottle deposit programs.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

We used to have that program here. Softdrinks come in plastic now, and beer in glass and plastic. We have council organised recycling now.But I dont think they really know how to get rid of all that plastic. Some plastic and glass can be ground down and used on road surfaces.

Regards,

Peter